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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "forweorþan"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "ġeweorþan"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "werthen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: werthen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: werthen"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "worth"
},
"expansion": "Scots: worth",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: worth"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "worth",
"3": "word"
},
"expansion": "English: worth, word",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dialectal"
},
"expansion": "(dialectal)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "English: worth, word (dialectal)"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*werþan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *werþan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*werþaną",
"4": "",
"5": "to become"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to become”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wértti",
"4": "",
"5": "to be turning"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wértti (“to be turning”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to become”), from Proto-Indo-European *wértti (“to be turning”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "3",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþenne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wearþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wierst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wurde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wierþþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wierþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wearþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wurdon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wurde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wurden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "worden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeworden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "weorþan",
"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "weorþan<s3v>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to become"
],
"id": "en-weorþan-ang-verb-rV000xq8",
"links": [
[
"become",
"become"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "6 86 8",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Then he got up safe and sound, as if woken from sleep, and began to wonder how he got there. (Lit. How he be thither brought)",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Saint Maur, Abbot\"\nHē ārās þā ġesund, swelċe of slǣpe āwreaht, and begann tō wundrienne hū hē wurde þæder ġebrōht.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be (used to form the passive voice)"
],
"id": "en-weorþan-ang-verb-hhB73R-M",
"links": [
[
"be",
"be"
],
[
"passive voice",
"passive voice"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(auxiliary) to be (used to form the passive voice)"
],
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to happen"
],
"id": "en-weorþan-ang-verb-5u2vbnWW",
"links": [
[
"happen",
"happen"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwe͜or.θɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈwe͜orˠ.ðɑn]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "wurþan"
}
],
"word": "weorþan"
}
{
"categories": [
"Old English class 3 strong verbs",
"Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"Old English lemmas",
"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-Indo-European",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English verbs"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "forweorþan"
},
{
"word": "ġeweorþan"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "werthen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: werthen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: werthen"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sco",
"2": "worth"
},
"expansion": "Scots: worth",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Scots: worth"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "worth",
"3": "word"
},
"expansion": "English: worth, word",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "dialectal"
},
"expansion": "(dialectal)",
"name": "q"
}
],
"text": "English: worth, word (dialectal)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*werþan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *werþan",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*werþaną",
"4": "",
"5": "to become"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to become”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*wértti",
"4": "",
"5": "to be turning"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *wértti (“to be turning”)",
"name": "inh"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *werþan, from Proto-Germanic *werþaną (“to become”), from Proto-Indo-European *wértti (“to be turning”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-conj",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "3",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþan",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþenne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wearþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wierst",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wurde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wierþþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wierþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wearþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wurdon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wurde",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wurden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "weorþende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "worden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġeworden",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "weorþan",
"name": "ang-verb"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "weorþan<s3v>"
},
"name": "ang-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"to become"
],
"links": [
[
"become",
"become"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Old English auxiliary verbs",
"Old English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Then he got up safe and sound, as if woken from sleep, and began to wonder how he got there. (Lit. How he be thither brought)",
"text": "c. 992, Ælfric, \"Saint Maur, Abbot\"\nHē ārās þā ġesund, swelċe of slǣpe āwreaht, and begann tō wundrienne hū hē wurde þæder ġebrōht.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to be (used to form the passive voice)"
],
"links": [
[
"be",
"be"
],
[
"passive voice",
"passive voice"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(auxiliary) to be (used to form the passive voice)"
],
"tags": [
"auxiliary"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"to happen"
],
"links": [
[
"happen",
"happen"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈwe͜or.θɑn/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈwe͜orˠ.ðɑn]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "wurþan"
}
],
"word": "weorþan"
}
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