See bilewit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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{
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},
{
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{
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"english": "At that time there was a certain servant living in Northumbria, called Drihtelm, who was innocent of mind, temperate of character, righteous in life, and instructed his household on how to do the same.",
"text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nOn ðām tīman wæs sum þėgen Drihtelm ġehāten, on Norðhymbra lande, bilewite on andgyte, ġemetegod on ðēawum, ārfæst on līfe, and his hīwrǣdene tō ðām ylcan ġewissode.",
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"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
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"form": "bilewite",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewito",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "weak",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-adecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewita",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewite",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewite",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewite",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitan",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewitum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "belewit",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "bilewet",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "bylewit",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "bylwet",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "bylwit",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "bylywit",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"sup": "bilewitust"
},
"expansion": "bilewit (superlative bilewitust)",
"name": "ang-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bilewit",
"short": "1"
},
"name": "ang-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "adj",
"related": [
{
"word": "bilehwīt"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "At that time there was a certain servant living in Northumbria, called Drihtelm, who was innocent of mind, temperate of character, righteous in life, and instructed his household on how to do the same.",
"text": "Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church\nOn ðām tīman wæs sum þėgen Drihtelm ġehāten, on Norðhymbra lande, bilewite on andgyte, ġemetegod on ðēawum, ārfæst on līfe, and his hīwrǣdene tō ðām ylcan ġewissode.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"innocent, simple"
],
"links": [
[
"innocent",
"innocent"
],
[
"simple",
"simple"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"calm, gentle"
],
"links": [
[
"calm",
"calm"
],
[
"gentle",
"gentle"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"merciful, gracious"
],
"links": [
[
"merciful",
"merciful"
],
[
"gracious",
"gracious"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"plausible"
],
"links": [
[
"plausible",
"plausible"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈbi.le.wit/"
}
],
"word": "bilewit"
}
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