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DEÁÞ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
DEÁÞ, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §135; §172; §239; §299; §301; §395;
DEATH; mors
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  • Ðeáh ðe him se bitera deáþ geboden wǽre

    though bitter death were announced to them,

    • Cd. 183
    • ;
    • Th. 229,
    • 26;
    • Dan. 223: Exon. 31 b
    • ;
    • Th. 98,
    • 6;
    • Cri. 1603: Beo. Th. 899
    • ;
    • B. 447: 5773
    • ;
    • B. 2890
    • .
  • Se deáþ cymþ

    death comes,

    • Bt. 8
    • ;
    • Fox 26, 6: Chr. 1065
    • ;
    • Erl. 198,
    • 7;
    • Edw. 26
    • .
  • Hí ofercume unþinged deáþ

    vĕniat mors super illos,

    • Ps. Th. 54,
    • 14.
  • Nis me ðæs deáþes sorg

    there is no fear of death to me,

    • Exon. 38 a
    • ;
    • Th. 125,
    • 7;
    • Gú. 350: 40 a; Th. 133,
    • 25;
    • Gú. 495: Cd. 25
    • ;
    • Th. 31,
    • 28;
    • Gen. 492: Elen. Kmbl. 1165
    • ;
    • El. 584: Bt. 8
    • ;
    • Fox 26,
    • 6.
  • Ðú ðe upahefst me of geatum deáþes

    qui exaltas me de portis mortis,

    • Ps. Lamb. 9,
    • 15.
  • He is deáþes scyldig

    reus est mortis,

    • Mt. Bos. 26, 66: Ps. Th. 54, 4: 72,
    • 3.
  • Gif hwá sié deáþes scyldig

    if any one be guilty of death,

    • L. In. 5
    • ;
    • Th. i. 104,
    • 13;
    • 27
    • ;
    • Th. i. 120,
    • 3.
  • He men of deáþe worde awehte

    he woke men from death with his word,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1166
    • ;
    • An. 583: Exon. 14 b
    • ;
    • Th. 29,
    • 23;
    • Cri. 467: 41 b
    • ;
    • Th. 139,
    • 25;
    • Gú. 598
    • .
  • Gif he man to deáþe gefylle beó he útlah

    if he fell a man to death let him be an outlaw,

    • L. E. G. 6
    • ;
    • Th. i. 170, 10: L. C. S. 2
    • ;
    • Th. i. 376, 18: Chr. 979
    • ;
    • Erl. 129, 10: Boutr. Scrd. 17, 25: 18, 11
    • .
  • Eall ðæt gemót sóhte leáse saga ongén ðone Hǽlend, ðæt híg hyne to deáþe sealdon

    omne consĭlium quærēbat falsum testimōnium contra Iesum, ut eum morti tradĕrent,

    • Mt. Bos. 26, 59: 20, 18: Ps. Th. 114, 8: 117,
    • 18.
  • Fram deáþe to lífe

    a morte in vitam,

    • Jn. Bos. 5,
    • 24.
  • Deáþ he ðǽr býrigde

    he there tasted death,

    Rood
    • Kmbl. 199
    • ;
    • Kr. 101: Cd. 228
    • ;
    • Th. 306,
    • 17;
    • Sat. 665: Exon. 119 b
    • ;
    • Th. 459,
    • 25;
    • Hö, 5
    • .
  • Þurh fǽrlícne deáþ

    through sudden death,

    • L. C. S. 71
    • ;
    • Th. i. 412,
    • 29.
  • Unrót ys mín sáwl óþ deáþ

    tristis est anĭma mea usque ad mortem,

    • Mt. Bos. 26, 38: 16, 28: Ex. 10, 17: Deut. 30,
    • 15.
  • He sceal deáþe sweltan

    he shall perish by death,

    • L. Alf. 14,
    • 15;
    • Th. i. 48, 3, 7,
    • 8.
  • Ðæt ðú deáþe sweltest

    that thou shalt perish by death,

    • Exon. 67 b
    • ;
    • Th. 250,
    • 11;
    • Jul. 125
    • .
  • Deáþe cwylman

    mortificāre,

    • Ps. Spl. 108,
    • 15.
  • Ðæt he deáþa gedál dreógan sceolde

    that he should undergo death,

    • Exon. 36 a
    • ;
    • Th. 116,
    • 12;
    • Gú. 206
    • .
  • Gegang ða deáþa bearn ðe hí démaþ nú

    possĭde fīlios morte punitōrum,

    • Ps. Th. 78,
    • 12.
  • Deáþas

    spirits, ghosts;

    manes,
    • Cot. 134
    • .
Etymology
[
Wyc. deeth:
Chauc. deth:
Laym. dæd, dæð, deað, deð, m:
Orm, dæþ:
O. Sax. dóð, m:
Frs. dead, dea:
O. Frs. dad, dath, m:
Dut. dood, m:
Ger. tod, m:
M. H. Ger. tót, m:
O. H. Ger. tód, m.
Goth. dauþus, m:
Dan. död, m. f:
Swed. död, m:
Icel. dauði
, m.]
Derived forms
ǽr-deáþ, ende-, gúþ-, mere-, swylt-, wæl-, wundor-
Linked entries
v.  deóþ.
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