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  • Æt þǽre dúne þe man hǽt Assandún,

      Chr. 1016; P. 152, 12.

  • Æt ðǽre dune þe mon hǽtt Morotthonie (

    campis Marathoniis

    ),
      Ors. 2, 5; S. 78, 25.

  • Þǽm gelícost þe ic sitte on heáre dúne and geseó on sméðum felda fela fýra byrnan

    quasi de specula montis adspectans, nihil in magno campi spatio praeter innumeros focos cernam,

      3, 11; S. 142, 14.

  • On Lucaniam on Arosinis þǽre dúne

    apud Lucaniam in Arusinis campis,

      4, 1; S. 158, 23.

  • Micelne fultum hí gegaderodon on Thraci þǽre dúne

    Dyrrachium gerendi bellum sedem delegerunt,

      5, 12; S. 240, 15, 23.

  • Ge on túne ge on dúne, ge on wuda ge on wætere,

      Angl. ix. 259, 25.

  • Dúna swioran

    juga,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 18.

  • Nóht elles búton þá wéstan feldas and wudu and dúna be ðǽm gársecge

    nihil praeter desertos in oceano campos siluasque ac montes,

      Nar. 20, 10.
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v. neáh-, weard-, winter-dún; dúne.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “dún.” 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/43065.

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