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dípe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
dípe, an: <b>dípu (-o),</b> indecl. or gen. e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§44;
depth, deepness; Mt. 13, 5.
the deep, deep part of water (sea, lake, river),
deep water, a deep place in water
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  • Deorcre dýpan

    cerulei profundi,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 37.
  • Þreó ásǽton on ðá healfe ðǽre dýpan ðe ðá Deniscan scipu áseten wǽron,

      Chr. 897; P. 91, 3.
  • Deópan (dépan, Hpt. Gl. 492, 48)

    gurgitis,

      An. Ox. 3667.
  • Dépan (-en, MS.)

    alveo,

    4794.
  • Hí becóman tó ánre dýpan

    they had reached a deep place in the river,

      Hml. S. 11, 271.
  • Ofer dýpe,

      Rä. 4, 21.
a deep place on land
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  • On dígelre dýpe [dýpen (= -an),

      Hpt. Gl. 516, 28
    ]

    in latebroso (carceris) fundo,

      An. Ox. 4767.
  • [v. N. E. D. deep; sb. Goth. diupei: O. L. Ger. diupí profundum: O. H. Ger. tiufi: Icel. dýpi.
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v.  deópe dépe dýp dýpe.
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  • dípe, n.