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§135; §239; §299; §426;
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physical.
of an animal or a vegetable
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  • Ðá hé onfunde ꝥ hé deád beón sceolde

    when he found that he must die,

      Bt. 29, 2; F. 104, 20.

  • Án cild arn under wǽnes hweowol and wearð sóna deád,

      Shrn. 32, 12.

  • Ðeáh þá yflan nǽfre ne wurden deáde,

      Bt. 38, 2; F. 198, 13.
of flesh,
dead, without sensation
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  • Gif ꝥ líc tó þon swíþe ádeádige ꝥ þǽr nán gefélnes on ne sié, þonne scealt þú sóna eal ꝥ deáde of ásníþan oþ ꝥ cwice líc, ꝥ þǽr náwiht þæs deádan líces tó láfe ne sié, þæs þe ǽr ne ísen ne fýr gefélde,

      Lch. ii. 82, 25-29.

  • Wiþ deádum líce,

      78, 3.

  • Wiþ deádum swile,

      74, 12.
of blood,
congealed
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  • Hú mon ꝥ deáde blód áweg wenian scyle,

      Lch. ii. 8, 14.
blood away from the body, gore [cf. Icel. dauða-blóð gore]
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  • Deád blód

    cruor,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 283, 79: ii. 16, 57.
fig. dead to,
insensible to
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  • Heó bið deád ǽlcere duguðe and gesǽlðe, and bið gehealden tó ðám écan deáðe,

      Hml. Th. i. 160, 15.
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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/42599.

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