See wībą in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"expansion": "Old Norse: víf\nIcelandic: víf\nFaroese: vív\nNorwegian Nynorsk: viv\nNorwegian Bokmål: viv m or n\nOld Swedish: vīf\nSwedish: viv, vif (pre-1906 spelling)\nDanish: viv",
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"text": "Old Norse: víf\nIcelandic: víf\nFaroese: vív\nNorwegian Nynorsk: viv\nNorwegian Bokmål: viv m or n\nOld Swedish: vīf\nSwedish: viv, vif (pre-1906 spelling)\nDanish: viv"
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"expansion": "Unknown",
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"4": "sense of shame, membrane"
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"source": "inflection",
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"form": "wībą",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
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"source": "inflection",
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"source": "inflection",
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"source": "inflection",
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"source": "inflection",
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"source": "inflection",
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"source": "inflection",
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{
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "inflection",
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"singular"
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},
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"source": "inflection",
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"instrumental",
"plural"
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}
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}
],
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],
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"Proto-Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Germanic lemmas",
"Proto-Germanic neuter nouns",
"Proto-Germanic nouns",
"Proto-Germanic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Proto-Germanic terms with unknown etymologies"
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},
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"1": "non",
"2": "víf"
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"expansion": "Old Norse: víf\nIcelandic: víf\nFaroese: vív\nNorwegian Nynorsk: viv\nNorwegian Bokmål: viv m or n\nOld Swedish: vīf\nSwedish: viv, vif (pre-1906 spelling)\nDanish: viv",
"name": "desctree"
}
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"text": "Old Norse: víf\nIcelandic: víf\nFaroese: vív\nNorwegian Nynorsk: viv\nNorwegian Bokmål: viv m or n\nOld Swedish: vīf\nSwedish: viv, vif (pre-1906 spelling)\nDanish: viv"
}
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"expansion": "Unknown",
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}
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