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"english": "to fall in battle",
"word": "on wæl feallan"
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"word": "wælrēaf"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"_dis1": "0 0 0",
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"form": "wæl",
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"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
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},
{
"form": "wæl",
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},
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"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wæles",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
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]
},
{
"form": "wala",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "walum",
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"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
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},
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"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"slaughter, carnage"
],
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"slaughter",
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[
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"english": "Year 823 In this year there was a battle between the Welsh and the Devons at Gafulford. And in the same year Kings Edgebright and Beornwulf fought at Allington, and Edgebright took the victory, and many were slain there.",
"text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCXXIII Hēr wæs Wāla ġefeoht ⁊ Defna æt Gafulforda. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare ġefeaht Eċġbryht cyning ⁊ Beornwulf cyning on Ellendūne, ⁊ Eċġbryht siġe nam, ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel wæl ġeslæġen.",
"type": "quotation"
}
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"the slain"
],
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"slain"
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}
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],
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]
],
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"(rare) a slain person, corpse"
],
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}
],
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"Old English lemmas",
"Old English neuter a-stem nouns",
"Old English neuter nouns",
"Old English nouns",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
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{
"english": "to fall in battle",
"word": "on wæl feallan"
},
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"english": "deadly",
"word": "wælblēat"
},
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"english": "raven",
"word": "wælċeaseġa"
},
{
"english": "cruel",
"word": "wælhrēow"
},
{
"english": "spoils in war",
"word": "wælrēaf"
},
{
"english": "weapon-shaft",
"word": "wælsċeaft"
},
{
"english": "battlefield",
"word": "wælstōw"
}
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},
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"name": "cog"
},
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"1": "non",
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},
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}
],
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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},
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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},
{
"form": "wæl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "walu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wæl",
"source": "declension",
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"form": "walu",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"plural"
]
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"form": "wæles",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "wala",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wæle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "walum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
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"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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],
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"english": "Year 823 In this year there was a battle between the Welsh and the Devons at Gafulford. And in the same year Kings Edgebright and Beornwulf fought at Allington, and Edgebright took the victory, and many were slain there.",
"text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCCXXIII Hēr wæs Wāla ġefeoht ⁊ Defna æt Gafulforda. ⁊ þȳ ilcan ġēare ġefeaht Eċġbryht cyning ⁊ Beornwulf cyning on Ellendūne, ⁊ Eċġbryht siġe nam, ⁊ þǣr wæs myċel wæl ġeslæġen.",
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],
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"Old English terms with rare senses"
],
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"a slain person, corpse"
],
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"(rare) a slain person, corpse"
],
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"neuter",
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/wæl/"
}
],
"word": "wæl"
}
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