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DEORC

  • adjective
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Grammar
DEORC, def. se deorca, seó, ðæt deorce; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§85; §182; §299; §426;
DARK, obscure, gloomy, sad; tenebrōsus, obscūrus
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  • Niht-helm geswearc, deorc ofer dryhtgumum

    the helm of night grew murky, dark o'er the vassals,

    • eo. Th. 3584
      • B;
    • BB. 1790: Exon. 30 b
      • B;
    • B Th. 95,22
      • ;
    • Cri.1561: 101 b
      • ;
    • Th. 384,
      • 2;
    • Rä. 4,
      • 21.

  • Hí me asetton on seáþ [MS. sceaþ] hinder, ðǽr wæs deorc þeóstru, and deáþes scúa

    posuērunt me in lacu inferiōri, et in tenĕbris, et in umbra mortis,

    • BPs. Th. 87, 6: Lk. Bos. 11,
      • B 34.

  • Biþ se deorca deáþ ge-endad

    the dark death shall be ended,

    • BExon. 63 a
      • B;
    • BTh. 231,
      • B34;
    • BPh. 499: Ps. Th. 101,
      • B9.

  • Seó deorce niht gewíteþ

    the dark night departs,

    • BExon. 57 a
      • ;
    • BTh. 204,
      • B16;
    • BPh. 98
      • B.

  • Adó me of deópe deorces wæteres

    libĕra me de profundo aquārum,

    • BPs. Th. 68,
      • B 14.

  • He hí of ðám þýstrum ðanon alǽdde, and of deáþes scúan deorcum generede

    eduxit eos de tenĕbris, et umbra mortis,

    • B106,
      • B13.

  • On ðære deorcan niht

    in the dark night,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2922
      • ;
    • An. 1464: Exon. 50 b
      • ;
    • Th. 175,
      • 8;
    • Gú. 1191
      • .

  • Drihten sealde him dimne and deorcne deáþes scúwan

    the Lord gave him death's shadow dim and dark,

    • Cd. 223
      • ;
    • Th. 293,
      • 14;
    • Sat. 455: Exon. 61 a
      • ;
    • Th. 225,
      • 2;
    • Ph. 383
      • .

  • Ðú dæg settest, and deorce niht

    tuus est dies, et tua est nox,

    • Ps. Th. 73, 16: 142,
      • 4.

  • Wæs ðæs fugles flyht dyrne and dégol ðám ðe deorc gewit hæfdon on hréðre

    the bird's flight was hidden and secret to those who had a dark understanding in their breasts,

    • Exon. 17 a
      • ;
    • Th. 40,
      • 18;
    • Cri. 640: Cd. 5
      • ;
    • Th. 7,
      • 19;
    • Gen. 108
      • .

  • Se ðis deorce líf deópe geondþenceþ

    he profoundly contemplates this dark life,

    • Exon. 77 b
      • ;
    • Th. 291,
      • 28;
    • Wand. 89
      • .

  • Feónd seondon réðe, dimme and deorce

    our foes are fierce, dim and dark,

    • Cd. 215
      • ;
    • Th. 271,
      • 13;
    • Sat. 105: Ps. Th. 73, 19: 113,
      • 12.

  • Gebrecu féraþ deorc ofer dreohtum [MS. dreontum]

    the crashes go dark over multitudes,

    • Exon. 102 a
      • ;
    • Th. 385,
      • 15;
    • Rä. 4, 45: 48 b
      • ;
    • Th. 168,
      • 1;
    • Gú. 1071
      • .

  • Cwíst ðú oncnáwaþ hí wundru ðíne, on ðám dimmum deorcan þýstrum

    numquid cognoscentur in tenebris mirabĭlia tua?

    • Ps. Th. 87,
      • 12.

  • He wát deorce grundas

    he knows the dark places,

    • 134, 6: 145,
      • 6.

  • Ðú scealt andettan hwæt ðú þurhtogen hæbbe deorcum gedwildum

    thou shalt confess what thou hast accomplished by dark errors,

    • Exon. 72 b
      • ;
    • Th. 270,
      • 4;
    • Jul. 460: Beo. Th. 556
      • ;
    • B. 275
      • .

  • Þurhdrifon hí me mid deorcan næglum

    they pierced me with dark nails,

    Rood
    • Kmbl. 91
      • ;
    • Kr. 46
      • .
Etymology
[
Prompt. derke:
Wyc. derk-:
Chauc. dark-:
Piers P. derk:
R. Glouc. derk:
O. H. Ger. tarni latens, tarhnjan occultāre:
Icel. dökkr:
Gael. dorch dark, black, dusky
.]
Derived forms
deorce, deorcian, a-, deorcung
Linked entries
v.  deorcian.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “DEORC.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/7614.

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