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{
"etymology_links": [
[
"*sebō",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sebō"
],
[
"*sebô",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sebô"
],
[
"*sep-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sep-"
],
[
"sevo",
"sevo#Old_Saxon"
],
[
"sefi",
"sefi#Old_Norse"
],
[
"sapiō",
"sapio#Latin"
]
],
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{
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*sebō"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*sebô",
"t": "mind, sense"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sep-",
"t": "to try, research"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"1": "osx",
"2": "sevo"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon sevo",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "sefi"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse sefi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "sapiō"
},
"expansion": "Latin sapiō",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *sebō, from Proto-Germanic *sebô (“mind, sense”), from Proto-Indo-European *sep- (“to try, research”). Cognate with Old Saxon sevo, Old Norse sefi, Latin sapiō.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "sefa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sefan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sefan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sefan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sefan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sefena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sefan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sefum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "seofa",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"head": "sefa"
},
"expansion": "sefa m",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "sef"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sefa",
"2": "sefan",
"3": "sefan",
"4": "sefan",
"5": "sefan",
"6": "sefena",
"7": "sefan",
"8": "sefum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "weak"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 5 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "33 1 11 28 17 9 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 5 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "29 1 17 25 15 13 1",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "mōdsefa"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
30,
35
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
42,
48
]
],
"english": "All these things urge him who is eager of spirit to travel. (The Seafarer)",
"text": "Ealle þa gemoniað mōdes fūsne sefan to sīþe",
"translation": "All these things urge him who is eager of spirit to travel. (The Seafarer)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"spirit, heart, mind"
],
"id": "en-sefa-ang-noun-JxM6COJV",
"links": [
[
"spirit",
"spirit"
],
[
"heart",
"heart"
],
[
"mind",
"mind"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetic) spirit, heart, mind"
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"poetic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈse.fɑ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈse.vɑ]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-e.fɑ"
}
],
"word": "sefa"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "mōdsefa"
}
],
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[
"*sebō",
"Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/sebō"
],
[
"*sebô",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/sebô"
],
[
"*sep-",
"Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/sep-"
],
[
"sevo",
"sevo#Old_Saxon"
],
[
"sefi",
"sefi#Old_Norse"
],
[
"sapiō",
"sapio#Latin"
]
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*sebō"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*sebô",
"t": "mind, sense"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *sebô (“mind, sense”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*sep-",
"t": "to try, research"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *sep- (“to try, research”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "sevo"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon sevo",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "sefi"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse sefi",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "sapiō"
},
"expansion": "Latin sapiō",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *sebō, from Proto-Germanic *sebô (“mind, sense”), from Proto-Indo-European *sep- (“to try, research”). Cognate with Old Saxon sevo, Old Norse sefi, Latin sapiō.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-n-m",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "sefa",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sefan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sefan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sefan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sefan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sefena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "sefan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "sefum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "seofa",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"head": "sefa"
},
"expansion": "sefa m",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sef"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-n-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sefa",
"2": "sefan",
"3": "sefan",
"4": "sefan",
"5": "sefan",
"6": "sefena",
"7": "sefan",
"8": "sefum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "weak"
},
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],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"Old English lemmas",
"Old English masculine n-stem nouns",
"Old English masculine nouns",
"Old English nouns",
"Old English poetic terms",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English terms with quotations",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Old English/e.fɑ",
"Rhymes:Old English/e.fɑ/2 syllables"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
30,
35
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
42,
48
]
],
"english": "All these things urge him who is eager of spirit to travel. (The Seafarer)",
"text": "Ealle þa gemoniað mōdes fūsne sefan to sīþe",
"translation": "All these things urge him who is eager of spirit to travel. (The Seafarer)",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"spirit, heart, mind"
],
"links": [
[
"spirit",
"spirit"
],
[
"heart",
"heart"
],
[
"mind",
"mind"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(poetic) spirit, heart, mind"
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"poetic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈse.fɑ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈse.vɑ]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-e.fɑ"
}
],
"word": "sefa"
}
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