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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "meregrot"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "Noah's ark; sea-house",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "merehūs"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "mereswīn"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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}
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},
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}
],
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},
"expansion": "Old Frisian mere",
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},
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{
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},
"expansion": "Old Saxon meri",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"2": "Meer"
},
"expansion": "Low German Meer",
"name": "cog"
},
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"args": {
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"2": "meer"
},
"expansion": "Dutch meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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},
"expansion": "Old High German meri",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Meer"
},
"expansion": "German Meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "marr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse marr",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "mar"
},
"expansion": "Swedish mar",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "mare"
},
"expansion": "Latin mare",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sga",
"2": "muir"
},
"expansion": "Old Irish muir",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "br",
"2": "mor"
},
"expansion": "Breton mor",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cu",
"2": "море"
},
"expansion": "Old Church Slavonic море (more)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "мо́ре"
},
"expansion": "Russian мо́ре (móre)",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "mãre"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian mãre",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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},
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},
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},
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},
{
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"singular"
]
},
{
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"genitive",
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{
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "river",
"word": "ēa"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "ocean",
"word": "gārseċġ"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"english": "sea",
"word": "sǣ"
},
{
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"english": "stream",
"word": "strēam"
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"name": "Water",
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"glosses": [
"lake"
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"id": "en-mere-ang-noun-bwIfAmjV",
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"glosses": [
"pool"
],
"id": "en-mere-ang-noun-J8rFUDg2",
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[
"pool",
"pool"
]
],
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"Chemistry",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"sea"
],
"id": "en-mere-ang-noun-SmnxnIwm",
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[
"sea",
"sea"
]
],
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"(poetic or in compounds) sea"
],
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"poetic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈme.re/"
}
],
"word": "mere"
}
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"Old English i-stem nouns",
"Old English lemmas",
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"Old English nouns",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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},
{
"english": "Noah's ark; sea-house",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "merehūs"
},
{
"word": "mereswīn"
},
{
"word": "ȳþmere"
}
],
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],
"text": "Middle English: mere"
},
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},
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"text": "English: mere"
},
{
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},
"expansion": "Scots: mere",
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"text": "Scots: mere"
}
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},
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},
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},
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"name": "cog"
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"2": "meri"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon meri",
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},
{
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"1": "nds",
"2": "Meer"
},
"expansion": "Low German Meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "meer"
},
"expansion": "Dutch meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "goh",
"2": "meri"
},
"expansion": "Old High German meri",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Meer"
},
"expansion": "German Meer",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "marr"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse marr",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "mar"
},
"expansion": "Swedish mar",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "mare"
},
"expansion": "Latin mare",
"name": "cog"
},
{
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"1": "sga",
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},
"expansion": "Old Irish muir",
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},
{
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"1": "br",
"2": "mor"
},
"expansion": "Breton mor",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "cu",
"2": "море"
},
"expansion": "Old Church Slavonic море (more)",
"name": "cog"
},
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"1": "ru",
"2": "мо́ре"
},
"expansion": "Russian мо́ре (móre)",
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},
{
"args": {
"1": "lt",
"2": "mãre"
},
"expansion": "Lithuanian mãre",
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}
],
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},
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]
},
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},
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"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "meres",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "mere",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
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]
},
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"lang_code": "ang",
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{
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}
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