"læt" meaning in Old English

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Adjective

IPA: /læt/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *lat, whence also Old High German laz and Old Norse latr. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*lat}} Proto-West Germanic *lat, {{cog|goh|laz}} Old High German laz, {{cog|non|latr}} Old Norse latr Head templates: {{ang-adj||lætra|latost}} læt (comparative lætra, superlative latost) Inflection templates: {{ang-adecl|læt}} Forms: lætra [comparative], latost [superlative], strong [table-tags], læt [masculine, nominative, singular], latu [feminine, nominative, singular], lato [feminine, nominative, singular], læt [neuter, nominative, singular], lætne [accusative, masculine, singular], late [accusative, feminine, singular], læt [accusative, neuter, singular], lates [genitive, masculine, singular], lætre [feminine, genitive, singular], lates [genitive, neuter, singular], latum [dative, masculine, singular], lætre [dative, feminine, singular], latum [dative, neuter, singular], late [instrumental, masculine, singular], lætre [feminine, instrumental, singular], late [instrumental, neuter, singular], late [masculine, nominative, plural], lata [feminine, nominative, plural], late [feminine, nominative, plural], latu [neuter, nominative, plural], lato [neuter, nominative, plural], late [accusative, masculine, plural], lata [accusative, feminine, plural], late [accusative, feminine, plural], latu [accusative, neuter, plural], lato [accusative, neuter, plural], lætra [genitive, masculine, plural], lætra [feminine, genitive, plural], lætra [genitive, neuter, plural], latum [dative, masculine, plural], latum [dative, feminine, plural], latum [dative, neuter, plural], latum [instrumental, masculine, plural], latum [feminine, instrumental, plural], latum [instrumental, neuter, plural], weak [table-tags], lata [masculine, nominative, singular], late [feminine, nominative, singular], late [neuter, nominative, singular], latan [accusative, masculine, singular], latan [accusative, feminine, singular], late [accusative, neuter, singular], latan [genitive, masculine, singular], latan [feminine, genitive, singular], latan [genitive, neuter, singular], latan [dative, masculine, singular], latan [dative, feminine, singular], latan [dative, neuter, singular], latan [instrumental, masculine, singular], latan [feminine, instrumental, singular], latan [instrumental, neuter, singular], latan [masculine, nominative, plural], latan [feminine, nominative, plural], latan [neuter, nominative, plural], latan [accusative, masculine, plural], latan [accusative, feminine, plural], latan [accusative, neuter, plural], lætra [genitive, masculine, plural], latena [genitive, masculine, plural], lætra [feminine, genitive, plural], latena [feminine, genitive, plural], lætra [genitive, neuter, plural], latena [genitive, neuter, plural], latum [dative, masculine, plural], latum [dative, feminine, plural], latum [dative, neuter, plural], latum [instrumental, masculine, plural], latum [feminine, instrumental, plural], latum [instrumental, neuter, plural]
  1. slow
    Sense id: en-læt-ang-adj-Xgz3vR36
  2. late
    Sense id: en-læt-ang-adj-CJABo1Z5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: late, latian, lætnes, lætsum, lettan Related terms: latian
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /læːt/
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *lētaz (“servant, slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *lē-. Akin to Middle Dutch laet (Dutch laat), Old High German laz (“half-freedman, serf”), Old Frisian lethar (“freedman”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts). More at allegiance, liege. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gem-pro|*lētaz||servant, slave}} Proto-Germanic *lētaz (“servant, slave”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*lē-}} Proto-Indo-European *lē-, {{cog|dum|laet}} Middle Dutch laet, {{cog|nl|laat}} Dutch laat, {{cog|goh|laz||half-freedman, serf}} Old High German laz (“half-freedman, serf”), {{cog|ofs|lethar||freedman}} Old Frisian lethar (“freedman”), {{cog|got|𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃}} Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts) Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=lǣt|sort=}} lǣt m, {{ang-noun|m|head=lǣt}} lǣt m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-m|lǣt|lāt}}, {{ang-decl-noun|lǣt|lātas|lǣt|lātas|lǣtes|lāta|lǣte|lātum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: lǣt [canonical, masculine], strong [table-tags], lǣt [nominative, singular], lātas [nominative, plural], lǣt [accusative, singular], lātas [accusative, plural], lǣtes [genitive, singular], lāta [genitive, plural], lǣte [dative, singular], lātum [dative, plural]
  1. a class of man ranking between a slave and a ceorl
    Sense id: en-læt-ang-noun-AdEHH2L~ Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 2 36 52 10
  2. a serf
    Sense id: en-læt-ang-noun-onMl4wEj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hræd"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "late"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "latian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lætnes"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lætsum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lettan"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "late"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: late, laite, latte, lete, leate\nEnglish: late\nGeordie English: lyet\nScots: late\nYola: laate",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: late, laite, latte, lete, leate\nEnglish: late\nGeordie English: lyet\nScots: late\nYola: laate"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gem-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "laz"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German laz",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "latr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse latr",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *lat, whence also Old High German laz and Old Norse latr.",
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      "form": "lætra",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latost",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "læt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lato",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lætne",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "late",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "læt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lates",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lætre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lates",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lætre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "late",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lætre",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "late",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "late",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "late",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lato",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "late",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "late",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "lætra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lætra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lætra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-adecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lata",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "late",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "late",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "late",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lætra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lætra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lætra",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latena",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "instrumental",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "latum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "",
        "2": "lætra",
        "3": "latost"
      },
      "expansion": "læt (comparative lætra, superlative latost)",
      "name": "ang-adj"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "læt"
      },
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    }
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  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "latian"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "slow"
      ],
      "id": "en-læt-ang-adj-Xgz3vR36",
      "links": [
        [
          "slow",
          "slow"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Leech Book, Leech Book, Volume II, xxxiv.\nWiþ latre meltunge. Olisatrum hātte wyrt sēo dēah tō drincanne.\nFor late digestion; a wort hight olusatrum, which is good to drink.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "late"
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      "id": "en-læt-ang-adj-CJABo1Z5",
      "links": [
        [
          "late",
          "late"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/læt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "læt"
}

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        "4": "",
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      },
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    },
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *lē-",
      "name": "der"
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      },
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts)",
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}

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *lētaz (“servant, slave”), from Proto-Indo-European *lē-. Akin to Middle Dutch laet (Dutch laat), Old High German laz (“half-freedman, serf”), Old Frisian lethar (“freedman”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐍃 (fralēts). More at allegiance, liege.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lǣt",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-m",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lātas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣt",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lātas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣtes",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lāta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lǣte",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lātum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "lǣt",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "lǣt m",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m",
        "head": "lǣt"
      },
      "expansion": "lǣt m",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lǣt",
        "2": "lāt"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lǣt",
        "2": "lātas",
        "3": "lǣt",
        "4": "lātas",
        "5": "lǣtes",
        "6": "lāta",
        "7": "lǣte",
        "8": "lātum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a class of man ranking between a slave and a ceorl"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ceorl",
          "ceorl"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a serf"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "serf",
          "serf"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/læːt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "læt"
}

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