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"4": "",
"5": "partition, ridge of land"
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"english": "Your fame for such came before you even into this retired spot, to which neither the waters of the sea below nor the mountains above caused any impediment.",
"ref": "1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 4-6:",
"text": "Yer name var zetch avancet avare ye, e'en a dicke var hye, arent whilke ye brine o'zea an ye craggès o'noghanes cazed nae balke.",
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"ref": "1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 4-6:",
"text": "Yer name var zetch avancet avare ye, e'en a dicke var hye, arent whilke ye brine o'zea an ye craggès o'noghanes cazed nae balke.",
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