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"name": "der"
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"2": "hēm"
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"name": "cog"
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},
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},
"expansion": "Old High German heim",
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},
{
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"2": "𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃 (haims)",
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}
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"etymology_text": "An accusative form of heimr (“abode, world, land”), from Proto-Germanic *haimaz. Compare Old Saxon hēm, Old English hām, Old High German heim, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃 (haims).",
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"english": "to make for one's soul's weal",
"translation": "to make for one's soul's weal",
"word": "bæta heim fyrir sér"
},
{
"english": "to bid one to a feast",
"roman": "confer heimboð",
"translation": "to bid one to a feast",
"word": "bjóða heim"
},
{
"english": "to return home, go home",
"translation": "to return home, go home",
"word": "fara heim"
},
{
"word": "fara heim á leið"
},
{
"english": "to visit; to attack somebody",
"translation": "to visit; to attack somebody",
"word": "sækja heim"
}
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40,
44
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],
"english": "Flosi was most cheerful of all men and the best to visit.",
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"word": "hjem"
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},
{
"args": {
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"2": "hēm"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon hēm",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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},
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},
{
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},
"expansion": "Old High German heim",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"english": "to make for one's soul's weal",
"translation": "to make for one's soul's weal",
"word": "bæta heim fyrir sér"
},
{
"english": "to bid one to a feast",
"roman": "confer heimboð",
"translation": "to bid one to a feast",
"word": "bjóða heim"
},
{
"english": "to return home, go home",
"translation": "to return home, go home",
"word": "fara heim"
},
{
"word": "fara heim á leið"
},
{
"english": "to visit; to attack somebody",
"translation": "to visit; to attack somebody",
"word": "sækja heim"
}
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},
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃"
},
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}
],
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],
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{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
40,
44
]
],
"english": "Flosi was most cheerful of all men and the best to visit.",
"text": "Flosi var allra manna glaðastr ok beztr heim at sækja.",
"translation": "Flosi was most cheerful of all men and the best to visit.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"home, homewards"
],
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],
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"homewards"
]
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],
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}
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"name": "der"
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},
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"expansion": "Old High German heim",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼𐍃"
},
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],
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