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DEÁD

  • adjective
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Grammar
DEÁD, def. se deáda; seó, ðæt deáde; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§135; §239; §299; §426;
DEAD; mortuus
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  • Lazarus ys deád

    Lazarus mortuus est,

    • Jn. Bos. 11, 14: Mt. Bos. 9, 24: Jud. 3, 25: Elen. Kmbl. 1761
      • ;
    • El. 882: Bco. Th. 939
      • ;
    • B. 467: Exon. 126 b
      • ;
    • Th. 487,
      • 19;
    • Rä. 73,
      • 4.

  • Næs ðǽr nán þing deád of ðám

    nec erat quidquam mortuum de his,

    • Ex. 9,
      • 7;
    • 21,
      • 34.

  • Me hátran sind Dryhtnes dreámas ðonne ðis deáde líf

    the Lord's joys are more exciting to me than this dead life,

    • Exon. 82 a
      • ;
    • Th. 309,
      • 31;
    • Seef. 65
      • .

  • Sceal yrfe gedǽled deádes monnes

    the inheritance of a dead man shall be divided,

    90 a;
    • Th. 338,
      • 19;
    • Gn. Ex. 81
      • .

  • Græf deádum men heófeþ

    the grave shall groan for the dead man,

    91 b;
    • Th. 342,
      • 29;
    • Gn. Ex. 149
      • .

  • Mec deádne ofgeáfun fæder and móder

    father and mother gave me up as dead,

    103 a;
    • Th. 391,
      • 7;
    • Rä. 10, 1: Beo.Th. 2623
      • ;
    • B. 1309
      • .

  • Brihtríc þohte ðæt he Wulfnóþ cuconne oððe deádne begytan sceolde

    Brihtric thought that he would get Wulfnoth alive or dead,

    • Chr. 1009
      • ;
    • Erl. 142,
      • 3.

  • Ealle synd deáde

    mortui sunt omnes,

    • Ex. 4, 19: Mt. Bos. 28, 4: Ps. Th. 113,
      • 24.

  • Deáde of duste arísaþ þurh Drihtnes miht

    the dead shall rise from the dust through power of God,

    • Cd. 227
      • ;
    • Th. 302,
      • 24;
    • Sat. 605: Exon. 25 a
      • ;
    • Th. 72,
      • 30;
    • Cri. 1180
      • .

  • Hí ǽton deádra lác

    manducavērunt sacrifĭcia mortuōrum,

    • Ps. Th. 105, 22: Mt. Bos. 23,
      • 27.

  • Land dryrmyde deádra hrǽwum

    the land mourned over the corpses of the dead,

    • Cd. 144
      • ;
    • Th. 180, 6; Exod. 41: Elen. Kmbl. 1299
      • ;
    • El. 651: 1887
      • ;
    • El. 945
      • .

  • Be deádum

    for the dead,

    • Exon. 82 b
      • ;
    • Th. 311,
      • 27;
    • Seef. 98
      • .

  • Mid ðám deádum fellum

    with the dead skins,

    • Boutr. Scrd. 20,
      • 29.

  • Ne dó hý to deádan

    ne occidĕris eos,

    • Ps. Th. 58, 10: 61, 3: Ex. 21, 35,
      • 36.

  • Ne willaþ eów andrǽdan deáde féðan

    dread ye not dead bands,

    • Cd. 156
      • ;
    • Th. 194,
      • 26;
    • Exod. 266: Exon. 24 b
      • ;
    • Th. 71,
      • 21;
    • Cri. 1159: Andr. Kmbl. 2156
      • ;
    • An. 1079
      • .

  • Lǽt deáde bebyrigean hyra deádnn

    let the dead bury their dead,

    • Mt. Bos. 8,
      • 22.

  • Ne húru wundur wyrceaþ deáde

    numquid mortuis facies mirabĭlia?

    • Ps. Th. 87,
      • 10.
Etymology
[
Prompt. dede:
Wyc. ded:
Piers P. deed:
Chauc. dede:
R. Glouc. ded:
Plat. dood:
O. Sax. dód:
Frs. dea:
O. Frs. dad, dath:
Dut. dood:
Ger. todt:
M. H. Ger. O. H. Ger. tót :
Goth. dauþs:
Dan. Swed. död:
Icel. dauðr
.]
Derived forms
woruld-deád
Linked entries
v.  déd.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “DEÁD.” 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/7430.

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  • DEÁD, adj.

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