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deorc

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§85; §182; §299; §426;
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without light
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  • Deorc

    tenebrosus,

      Wülck. Gl. 246, 3.
  • Eal bið úpheofon sweart and gesworcen, deorc and dimhíw

    tristius coelum tenebris obducitur atris,

      Dóm. L. 106; Wlfst. 137, 9.
  • Þeós deorce niht getácnaþ micel leóht tówerd,

      Hml. S. 29, 14.
of colour
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  • Deorc, dungrǽg fuscus, i. niger, Wülck. Gl. 246, 3 : furua, fusca, nigra, 245, 41. Ceruleus, i. glaucus grénehǽwen, fáh, deorc.

    Color est inter album el nigrum, subniger. Cerulei profundi

    deorcre dýpan,
      203, 1-4.
  • Deorces sótes

    furus (i. nigre) fuliginis,

      An. Ox. 4157.
  • Deorcre

    caerula,

      Germ. 389, 73.
  • Geolwum oððe deorcum

    fuluis,

      Wülck. Gl. 401, 39.
gloomy, dreadful, horrible
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  • Duerc

    teter,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 122, 13.
  • On deorce cwicsúsle

    in tetra tartara.

      An. Ox. 1248.
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