See geþafa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeþafena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeþafra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeþafena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeþafra",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeþafena",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeþafum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeþafum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"feminine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeþafum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeþafum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"masculine",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeþafum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"instrumental",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeþafum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"neuter",
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ġeþafa"
},
"expansion": "ġeþafa",
"name": "ang-adj"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ġeþafa"
},
"name": "ang-adecl"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"indicates consent to, agreeance with, acquiescence to, or support for something (+ genitive or dative of thing)"
],
"links": [
[
"consent",
"consent"
],
[
"agreeance",
"agreeance"
],
[
"acquiescence",
"acquiescence"
],
[
"support",
"support"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jeˈθɑ.fɑ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[jeˈθɑ.vɑ]"
}
],
"word": "geþafa"
}
{
"categories": [
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English non-lemma forms",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English verb forms",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"forms": [
{
"form": "ġeþafa",
"tags": [
"canonical"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "verb form",
"head": "ġeþafa"
},
"expansion": "ġeþafa",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "ġeþafian"
}
],
"glosses": [
"singular imperative of ġeþafian"
],
"links": [
[
"ġeþafian",
"geþafian#Old_English"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/jeˈθɑ.fɑ/"
},
{
"ipa": "[jeˈθɑ.vɑ]"
}
],
"word": "geþafa"
}
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