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DEÓR

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
DEÓR, diór,es ; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§137; §208; §209; §252; §279; §343; §562;
An animal, any sort of wild animal, a wild beast, DEER; mostly in contrast to domestic animals; fĕra, bestia
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  • Is ðæt deór pandher háten

    the animal is called panther,

    • Exon. 959
    • ;
    • Th. 356,
    • 16;
    • Pa. 12
    • .
  • Ðæt is wrætlíc deór, hiwa gehwylces

    that is a curious beast, of every hue,

    95 b;
    • Th. 356,
    • 29;
    • Pa. 19
    • .
  • God geworhte ðære eorþan deór æfter hira hiwum, and ða nítenu on heora cynne

    fēcit Deus bestias terræ juxta spĕcies suas, et jumenta in genĕre suo,

    • Gen. 1,
    • 25.
  • Uton wircean man to andlícnisse, and to úre gelícnisse, and he sig ofer ða deór

    faciāmus homĭnem ad imagĭnem, et similitudĭnem nostram, et præsit bestiis,

    • 1,
    • 26.
  • Lǽde seó eorþe forþ cuce nítena on heora cinne, and deór æfter heora hiwum

    prodūcat terra anĭmam viventem, jumenta in genĕre suo, et bestias terræ secundum spĕcies suas,

    • 1,
    • 24.
  • Ohthere hæfde, ðá he ðone cyningc sóhte, tamra deóra unbebohtra syx hund. Ða deór hí hátaþ hránas Ohthere had, when he came to the king, six hundred of tame DEER unbought [non emptus untrafficked or traded in]. These DEER

    they call reins,

    • Ors. 1,
    • 1;
    • Bos. 20,
    • 25-27.
  • Réðe deór

    a fierce beast;

    bellua,
    • Ælfc. Gl. 18
    • ;
    • Som. 58,
    • 126.
  • Ánhyrne deór a one-horned beast, unicorn, rhinoceros; unicornis vel monocĕros vel rinocĕros,

    μoνόκερωs vel ρινόκερωs,

    • 18
    • ;
    • Som, 58,
    • 130;
    • Wrt. Voc. 22, 43: 78,
    • 1.
Etymology
[
R. Brun. Chauc. R. Glouc. der:
Laym. Orm. deor, der:
Plat. deert, n:
O. Sax. dier, n:
O. Frs. diar, dier, n:
Dut. dier, n:
Ger. thier, n:
M. H. Ger. tier, n:
O. H. Ger. tior, tier, n:
Goth. dius, n:
Dan. dyr, n:
Swed. djur, n:
Icel. dýr, n:
Grk. θήρ a wild beast
.]
Derived forms
heá-deór, mere-, ráh-, sǽ-, wǽg-, wild-
Linked entries
v.  dýr diór.
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