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Definition
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In other languages, this word also means…
Source: CLICS³ — Cross-Linguistic Colexifications (Rzymski, Tresoldi et al. 2019, CC BY 4.0)
How often it shows up — Old English to today
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Source: COCA plus historical English corpora (CLTK Old English, MEG-C / CMEPV Middle English, EME Early Modern English).