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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"english": "the kidnapping of a woman",
"word": "wīffardragan"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "wijf"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch: wijf\nDutch: wijf\nAfrikaans: wyf\nJersey Dutch: wāif\nNegerhollands: wief, wif\nSkepi Creole Dutch: weef\nSranan Tongo: wefi\nLimburgish: wief\nWest Flemish: wuuf\nZealandic: wuuf",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle Dutch: wijf\nDutch: wijf\nAfrikaans: wyf\nJersey Dutch: wāif\nNegerhollands: wief, wif\nSkepi Creole Dutch: weef\nSranan Tongo: wefi\nLimburgish: wief\nWest Flemish: wuuf\nZealandic: wuuf"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*wīb"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wīb",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wībą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wībą",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "wīf"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian wīf",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "wīf"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon wīf",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "wīf"
},
"expansion": "Old English wīf",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wīb"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wīb",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "víf"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse víf",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wīb, from Proto-Germanic *wībą.\nCognate with Old Frisian wīf, Old Saxon wīf, Old English wīf, Old High German wīb, Old Norse víf.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "wīf",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "odt-decl-noun-a",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "wīf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wīf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wīves",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīvo",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wīve",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīvon",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "noun",
"cat2": "",
"g": "n",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "wīf",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "wīf n",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"head": "wīf"
},
"expansion": "wīf n",
"name": "odt-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wīv",
"g": "n"
},
"name": "odt-decl-noun-a"
}
],
"lang": "Old Dutch",
"lang_code": "odt",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The girls saw her and counted her as the most fortunate of all women",
"text": "c. 1000 CE, Leiden Willeram;\nThie thiernan sahon sie ande zaldon sie ze aller wivo saligosta",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Because of his evil hate, he deceived that poor woman",
"text": "c. 1100 CE, Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible;\nThure sinen bosen nith betroch er thaz arme wif",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"woman"
],
"id": "en-wif-odt-noun-zy5b~x7w",
"links": [
[
"woman",
"woman"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "odt",
"name": "Family",
"orig": "odt:Family",
"parents": [
"People",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "5 95",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"wife"
],
"id": "en-wif-odt-noun-nVKjyOTW",
"links": [
[
"wife",
"wife"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) wife"
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wiːf/"
}
],
"word": "wif"
}
{
"categories": [
"Old Dutch entries with incorrect language header",
"Old Dutch lemmas",
"Old Dutch neuter a-stem nouns",
"Old Dutch neuter nouns",
"Old Dutch nouns",
"Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pages with 8 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"West Frisian adjectives",
"West Frisian entries with incorrect language header",
"West Frisian lemmas"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "the kidnapping of a woman",
"word": "wīffardragan"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "dum",
"2": "wijf"
},
"expansion": "Middle Dutch: wijf\nDutch: wijf\nAfrikaans: wyf\nJersey Dutch: wāif\nNegerhollands: wief, wif\nSkepi Creole Dutch: weef\nSranan Tongo: wefi\nLimburgish: wief\nWest Flemish: wuuf\nZealandic: wuuf",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle Dutch: wijf\nDutch: wijf\nAfrikaans: wyf\nJersey Dutch: wāif\nNegerhollands: wief, wif\nSkepi Creole Dutch: weef\nSranan Tongo: wefi\nLimburgish: wief\nWest Flemish: wuuf\nZealandic: wuuf"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*wīb"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *wīb",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*wībą"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *wībą",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ofs",
"2": "wīf"
},
"expansion": "Old Frisian wīf",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "wīf"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon wīf",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "wīf"
},
"expansion": "Old English wīf",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "wīb"
},
"expansion": "Old High German wīb",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "víf"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse víf",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *wīb, from Proto-Germanic *wībą.\nCognate with Old Frisian wīf, Old Saxon wīf, Old English wīf, Old High German wīb, Old Norse víf.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "wīf",
"tags": [
"canonical",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "no-table-tags",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "odt-decl-noun-a",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "a-stem",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "wīf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wīf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīf",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wīves",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīvo",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wīve",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wīvon",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "odt",
"2": "noun",
"cat2": "",
"g": "n",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "wīf",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "wīf n",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"head": "wīf"
},
"expansion": "wīf n",
"name": "odt-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "wīv",
"g": "n"
},
"name": "odt-decl-noun-a"
}
],
"lang": "Old Dutch",
"lang_code": "odt",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old Dutch terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The girls saw her and counted her as the most fortunate of all women",
"text": "c. 1000 CE, Leiden Willeram;\nThie thiernan sahon sie ande zaldon sie ze aller wivo saligosta",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"english": "Because of his evil hate, he deceived that poor woman",
"text": "c. 1100 CE, Rhinelandic Rhyming Bible;\nThure sinen bosen nith betroch er thaz arme wif",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"woman"
],
"links": [
[
"woman",
"woman"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Old Dutch terms with rare senses",
"odt:Family"
],
"glosses": [
"wife"
],
"links": [
[
"wife",
"wife"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) wife"
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wiːf/"
}
],
"word": "wif"
}
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