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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"infinitive"
]
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
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"present",
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]
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"source": "conjugation",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"second-person",
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"source": "conjugation",
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"third-person"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wēopon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wēpe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wēope",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wēpen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wēopen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wēp",
"source": "conjugation",
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"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wēpende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wōpen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "ġewōpen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"past"
]
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"lang": "Old English",
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"pos": "verb",
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"_dis": "70 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "84 16",
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"english": "Then the king wept and thanked God for his good will.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nþā wēop sē cyning and þancode gode his gōdan wyllan.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"weep"
]
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],
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],
[
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"bewail"
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]
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}
],
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "wœpan"
}
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"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 derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weh₂b-",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
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"2": "wōpian"
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"name": "cog"
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"name": "cog"
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"args": {
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"2": "ǿpa"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse ǿpa",
"name": "cog"
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
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},
{
"form": "wēpenne",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "wēop",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"past",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"second-person",
"singular"
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},
{
"form": "wēope",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "wēpþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wēop",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "wēpaþ",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wēopon",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wēpe",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wēope",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "wēpen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wēopen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "wēp",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"past",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
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"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wēpende",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "wōpen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
"imperative",
"past"
]
},
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"form": "ġewōpen",
"source": "conjugation",
"tags": [
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"past"
]
}
],
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],
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"english": "Then the king wept and thanked God for his good will.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nþā wēop sē cyning and þancode gode his gōdan wyllan.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"to weep"
],
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]
]
},
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"to complain, bewail"
],
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],
[
"bewail",
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]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈweː.pɑn/"
}
],
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],
"word": "wœpan"
}
],
"word": "wepan"
}
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