"brēfijan" meaning in Proto-West Germanic

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Verb

Etymology: From *brēf (“letter, document”) + *-jan, which was borrowed from Late Latin brevis. Etymology templates: {{suffix|gmw-pro|*brēf|*-jan|id2=denominative|t1=letter, document}} *brēf (“letter, document”) + *-jan, {{cog|LL.|brevis}} Late Latin brevis Head templates: {{head|gmw-pro|verb}} *brēfijan Inflection templates: {{gmw-infl-verb-wk1}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], brēfijan [class-1, infinitive, weak], brēfijannjas [class-1, genitive, infinitive, weak], brēfijannjē [class-1, dative, infinitive, weak], brēfijannju [class-1, infinitive, instrumental, weak], brēfiju [class-1, first-person, present, singular, weak], brēfidā [class-1, first-person, past, singular, weak], brēfisi [class-1, present, second-person, singular, weak], brēfidēs [class-1, past, second-person, singular, weak], brēfidōs [class-1, past, second-person, singular, weak], brēfiþi [class-1, present, singular, third-person, weak], brēfidē [class-1, past, singular, third-person, weak], brēfidā [class-1, past, singular, third-person, weak], brēfijum [class-1, first-person, plural, present, weak], brēfidum [class-1, first-person, past, plural, weak], brēfiþ [class-1, plural, present, second-person, weak], brēfidud [class-1, past, plural, second-person, weak], brēfijanþ [class-1, plural, present, third-person, weak], brēfidun [class-1, past, plural, third-person, weak], brēfijē [class-1, first-person, present, singular, weak], brēfidī [class-1, first-person, past, singular, weak], brēfijēs [class-1, present, second-person, singular, weak], brēfidī [class-1, past, second-person, singular, weak], brēfijē [class-1, present, singular, third-person, weak], brēfidī [class-1, past, singular, third-person, weak], brēfijēm [class-1, first-person, plural, present, weak], brēfidīm [class-1, first-person, past, plural, weak], brēfijēþ [class-1, plural, present, second-person, weak], brēfidīd [class-1, past, plural, second-person, weak], brēfijēn [class-1, plural, present, third-person, weak], brēfidīn [class-1, past, plural, third-person, weak], brēfi [class-1, present, singular, weak], brēfiþ [class-1, plural, present, weak], brēfijandī [class-1, participle, present, weak], brēfid [class-1, participle, past, weak]
  1. to write down in a letter Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-brēfijan-gmw-pro-verb-mBVdr2rn Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header, Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-jan (denominative) Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-jan (denominative): 87 13
  2. to inform by letter Tags: reconstruction
    Sense id: en-brēfijan-gmw-pro-verb-2m5fbjab
     
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "brēfan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: brēfan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: brēfan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "breven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: breven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: breven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "brief"
          },
          "expansion": "English: brief",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: brief"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "brēvian"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: brēvian",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: brēvian"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "*brēven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: *brēven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: *brēven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "bebrēven",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Middle Low German: bebrēven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Middle Low German: bebrēven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "vörbrēven",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Middle Low German: vörbrēven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Middle Low German: vörbrēven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*briefen"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *briefen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *briefen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "brieven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: brieven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: brieven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "brieven"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: brieven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: brieven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "briefen",
            "3": "briefen"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: briefen, briefen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: briefen, briefen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "briefen",
            "3": "brieven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: briefen, brieven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: briefen, brieven"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*brēf",
        "3": "*-jan",
        "id2": "denominative",
        "t1": "letter, document"
      },
      "expansion": "*brēf (“letter, document”) + *-jan",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "LL.",
        "2": "brevis"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin brevis",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *brēf (“letter, document”) + *-jan, which was borrowed from Late Latin brevis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-verb-wk1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "infinitive",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijannjas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "genitive",
        "infinitive",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijannjē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "dative",
        "infinitive",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijannju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "infinitive",
        "instrumental",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfiju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfisi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfiþi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfiþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijanþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfiþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijandī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "participle",
        "present",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "*brēfijan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-wk1"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brēfijan",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "83 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "87 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-jan (denominative)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to write down in a letter"
      ],
      "id": "en-brēfijan-gmw-pro-verb-mBVdr2rn",
      "links": [
        [
          "write down",
          "write down"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to inform by letter"
      ],
      "id": "en-brēfijan-gmw-pro-verb-2m5fbjab",
      "links": [
        [
          "inform",
          "inform"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brēfijan"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Proto-West Germanic class 1 weak verbs",
    "Proto-West Germanic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Proto-West Germanic lemmas",
    "Proto-West Germanic terms suffixed with *-jan (denominative)",
    "Proto-West Germanic verbs"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "brēfan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: brēfan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: brēfan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "breven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: breven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: breven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "brief"
          },
          "expansion": "English: brief",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: brief"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osx",
            "2": "brēvian"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Saxon: brēvian",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Saxon: brēvian"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "*brēven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Low German: *brēven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Low German: *brēven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "bebrēven",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Middle Low German: bebrēven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Middle Low German: bebrēven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gml",
            "2": "vörbrēven",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Middle Low German: vörbrēven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Middle Low German: vörbrēven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "*briefen"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: *briefen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: *briefen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "brieven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: brieven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: brieven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "brieven"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: brieven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: brieven"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "briefen",
            "3": "briefen"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: briefen, briefen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: briefen, briefen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmh",
            "2": "briefen",
            "3": "brieven"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle High German: briefen, brieven",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle High German: briefen, brieven"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*brēf",
        "3": "*-jan",
        "id2": "denominative",
        "t1": "letter, document"
      },
      "expansion": "*brēf (“letter, document”) + *-jan",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "LL.",
        "2": "brevis"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin brevis",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From *brēf (“letter, document”) + *-jan, which was borrowed from Late Latin brevis.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gmw-infl-verb-wk1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "infinitive",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijannjas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "genitive",
        "infinitive",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijannjē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "dative",
        "infinitive",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijannju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "infinitive",
        "instrumental",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfiju",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfisi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfiþi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidum",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfiþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidud",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijanþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidun",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijēm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidīm",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijēþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidīd",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfidīn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfiþ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfijandī",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "participle",
        "present",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brēfid",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class-1",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "weak"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "*brēfijan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "gmw-infl-verb-wk1"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Proto-West Germanic",
  "lang_code": "gmw-pro",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brēfijan",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to write down in a letter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "write down",
          "write down"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to inform by letter"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inform",
          "inform"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "brēfijan"
}

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