See degan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "dëganu",
"source": "declension",
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},
{
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"word": "dëgankind"
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"ref": "830s, Hildebrandslied […]her was otachre ummet tirri / degano dechisto unti deotrichhe[…]",
"text": "[…] he was to Odoacer greatly hostile / of thanes, to Theodoric the most loyal […]",
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},
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"nominative",
"plural"
]
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"nominative",
"plural"
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"form": "dëgan",
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"accusative",
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"form": "dëgana",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
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"form": "dëganes",
"source": "declension",
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "dëgano",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "dëgane",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "dëganum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "dëganu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"instrumental",
"singular"
]
},
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"form": "-",
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"lang_code": "goh",
"pos": "noun",
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"Old High German entries with incorrect language header",
"Old High German lemmas",
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"Old High German nouns",
"Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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"ref": "830s, Hildebrandslied […]her was otachre ummet tirri / degano dechisto unti deotrichhe[…]",
"text": "[…] he was to Odoacer greatly hostile / of thanes, to Theodoric the most loyal […]",
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"warrior",
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],
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}
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