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Defenas

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Defenas, Defnas; gen.a ; dat.um ; pl. m.
Devonians, the inhabitants of Devonshire in a body, Devonshire; Devonienses, Devōnia
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  • Hér wæs Weala gefeoht and Defena [Defna,

    • Th. 110,
    • 16
    ]

    in this year [A. D. 823] there was a fight of the Welsh and Devonians,

    • Chr. 823
    • ;
    • Th. 111, 16, col. 1,
    • 2.
  • Ǽgðer ge on Defenum [Defnum, col. 2] ge welhwǽr be ðæm sǽriman

    both in Devon and elsewhere on the sea-shore,

    • Chr. 897
    • ;
    • Th. 176, 8, col. 1: 981
    • ;
    • Th. 234, 31: 997
    • ;
    • Th. 246,
    • 5.
  • Forþférde Ælfgár on Defenum

    Ælfgar died in Devonshire,

    • Chr. 962
    • ;
    • Th. 218,
    • 38.
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  • Defenas, n.