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Grammar
dugan, l. deáh, deág,
Wright's OE grammar
§482; §541;
and add: subj, prs. dyge, duge.
absolute
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  • Biþ se wela þý wyrsa, gif sé ne deáh þe hine áh,

      Bt. 27, 2; F. 98, 15.
  • Gif þú hunig tó dést, ꝥ deáh. Lch. ii. 30, 22.

  • Ne dohte hit nú lange inne ne úte, ac wæs here and hunger,

      Wlfst. 159, 7.

  • Ꝥ ys tó gelýfenne ꝥ hit dyge,

      Lch. i. 84, 19.

  • Án hríðer dugunde (cf.

    Icel. dugandi(s) - a prefix to nouns, denoting doughty ),

      Cht. Th. 460, 17.

  • Lǽcedómas wiþ þon gif hunta gebíte mannan ... sex dugende cræftas,

      Lch. ii. 14, 20.

  • Þám ealdan gedafeniað dugende þeáwas,

      O. E. Hml. i. 300, 3.
to do, be good.
for a person (dat. )
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  • Seó deáh gehwæþer ge þæs mannes sáwle ge his líchoman,

      Lch. i. 70, 3.
  • Ðás wǽtan þing breóstum and innoþum ne dugon, ii. 246, 4.
  • Sé mé dege, i. 388, 16.

  • Ic secge ꝥ sió foresprǽc ne dyge (

    prosit

    ) þám scyldigan,
      Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 6.
for a purpose
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  • Deah hit wið ǽghwylcre innancundre unhǽlo,

      Lch. i. 86, 18.
  • Seó wyrt deáh tó drincanne, ii. 238, 27.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “dugan.” 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/43052.

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