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},
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"text": "Middle English: -wis"
},
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"2": "-wise",
"3": "-eous"
},
"expansion": "English: -wise, -eous",
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],
"text": "English: -wise, -eous"
},
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"2": "-wis",
"3": "-wise",
"4": "-wyse",
"5": "-wayis"
},
"expansion": "Scots: -wis, -wise, -wyse, -wayis",
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"text": "Scots: -wis, -wise, -wyse, -wayis"
}
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"3": "*-wīsaz"
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"2": "wīse",
"t": "wise, manner, direction"
},
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *-wīs, from Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz, related to Old English wīse (“wise, manner, direction”).",
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"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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{
"english": "right-wise, righteous, just",
"text": "rihtwīs",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "necessary, needful",
"text": "nīedwīs",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "dull, stupid, foolish",
"text": "medwīs",
"type": "example"
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"denoting a specified way, manner, condition, habit or direction"
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}
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}
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}
],
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}
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},
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}
],
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"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 usage examples"
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"text": "rihtwīs",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "necessary, needful",
"text": "nīedwīs",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "dull, stupid, foolish",
"text": "medwīs",
"type": "example"
}
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"denoting a specified way, manner, condition, habit or direction"
],
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"(adjectival suffix) denoting a specified way, manner, condition, habit or direction"
],
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"morpheme",
"suffix"
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],
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}
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "-wīsan"
}
],
"word": "-wis"
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