See bifalþan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "befealdan"
},
"expansion": "Old English: befealdan\nMiddle English: *befalden, *befolden\nEnglish: befold\n⇒ Middle English: bifolden, bevealde, bifolde (past participle/adjective)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
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},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "bifaldan",
"3": "bifaltan"
},
"expansion": "Old High German: bifaldan, bifaltan",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: bifaldan, bifaltan"
},
{
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "befalten",
"3": "bevalten"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German: befalten, bevalten",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle High German: befalten, bevalten"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*bi-",
"3": "*falþan"
},
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"name": "affix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From *bi- + *falþan.",
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"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gmw-infl-verb-st",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "bifalþan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþannjas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþannjē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþannju",
"source": "inflection",
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"infinitive",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealþ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþiʀi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþidi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealþ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþid",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdud",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþand",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþēs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdīm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþēþ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdīd",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþēn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdīn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþid",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþandī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bifaldan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "verb"
},
"expansion": "*bifalþan",
"name": "head"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"name": "gmw-infl-verb-st"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bifalþan",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Proto-West Germanic terms prefixed with *bi-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to envelop, to wrap"
],
"id": "en-bifalþan-gmw-pro-verb-EPgnYTfn",
"links": [
[
"envelop",
"envelop"
],
[
"wrap",
"wrap"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "bifalþan"
}
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{
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{
"args": {
"1": "ang",
"2": "befealdan"
},
"expansion": "Old English: befealdan\nMiddle English: *befalden, *befolden\nEnglish: befold\n⇒ Middle English: bifolden, bevealde, bifolde (past participle/adjective)",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Old English: befealdan\nMiddle English: *befalden, *befolden\nEnglish: befold\n⇒ Middle English: bifolden, bevealde, bifolde (past participle/adjective)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "goh",
"2": "bifaldan",
"3": "bifaltan"
},
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"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Old High German: bifaldan, bifaltan"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmh",
"2": "befalten",
"3": "bevalten"
},
"expansion": "Middle High German: befalten, bevalten",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "Middle High German: befalten, bevalten"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "gmw-pro",
"2": "*bi-",
"3": "*falþan"
},
"expansion": "*bi- + *falþan",
"name": "affix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From *bi- + *falþan.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "gmw-infl-verb-st",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "bifalþan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþannjas",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþannjē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"dative",
"infinitive"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþannju",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"infinitive",
"instrumental"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþu",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealþ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþiʀi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþidi",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealþ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdum",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþid",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdud",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþand",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdun",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþēs",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþē",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþēm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdīm",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"first-person",
"past",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþēþ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdīd",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"second-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþēn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifealdīn",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"past",
"plural",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþ",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþid",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"plural",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bifalþandī",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "bifaldan",
"source": "inflection",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
],
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"2": "verb"
},
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"name": "head"
}
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{
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}
],
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"lang_code": "gmw-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bifalþan",
"pos": "verb",
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{
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"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-West Germanic class 7c strong verbs",
"Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
"Proto-West Germanic terms prefixed with *bi-",
"Proto-West Germanic verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to envelop, to wrap"
],
"links": [
[
"envelop",
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],
[
"wrap",
"wrap"
]
],
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"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "bifalþan"
}
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