See beo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "bēo",
"head2": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "bēo f (nominative plural bēon)",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f",
"2": "bēon",
"head": "bēo"
},
"expansion": "bēo f (nominative plural bēon)",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bēo",
"vowel": "1"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-n-f"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "bēo",
"2": "bēon",
"3": "bēon",
"4": "bēon",
"5": "bēon",
"6": "bēona",
"7": "bēon",
"8": "bēom,bēoum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "weak feminine (n-stem)"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "Bēowulf"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"bee"
],
"links": [
[
"bee",
"bee"
]
],
"tags": [
"West-Saxon"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/be͜oː/"
}
],
"word": "beo"
}
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