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DEÁF

  • adjective
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Grammar
DEÁF, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§135; §294; §299; §426;
DEAF;surdus
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  • Deáf surdus vel

    surdaster,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 77
      • ;
    • Som. 72,
      • 21;
    • Wrt. Voc. 45,
      • 54.

  • Ic swá swá deáf ne gehýrde

    ego tamquam surdus non audiēbam,

    • Ps. Lamb. 37,
      • 14.

  • Eart ðú dumb and deáf

    thou art dumb and deaf,

    • Exon. 99 a
      • ;
    • Th. 370,
      • 26;
    • Seel. 65
      • .

  • Næddran deáfne

    aspĭdis surdæ,

    • Ps. Lamb. 57,
      • 5.

  • Hwá geworhte dumne oððe deáfne

    quis fabricātus est mutum et surdum?

    • Ex. 4,
      • 11.

  • Hí lǽddon him ǽnne deáfne and dumbne

    addūcunt ei surdum et mutum,

    • Mk. Bos. 7, 32: Exon. 113 a
      • ;
    • Th. 433,
      • 3;
    • Rä. 50,
      • 2.

  • Anlíc nædran seó hí deáfe déþ

    like an adder which makes herself deaf,

    • Ps. Th. 57,
      • 4.

  • Eálá deáfa and dumba gást

    surde et mute spīrĭtus,

    • Mk. Bos 9,
      • 25.

  • Deáfe gehýraþ

    surdi audiunt,

    • Mt. Bos. 11, 5: Mk. Bos. 7, 37: Lk. Bos. 7, 22: Andr. Kmbl. 1154
      • ;
    • An. 577
      • .

  • Ðæt ic dumbum and deáfum deófolgieldum gaful onháte

    that I promise tribute to dumb and deaf idols,

    • Exon. 68 a
      • ;
    • Th. 251,
      • 24;
    • Jul. 150
      • .

  • Ne wirige ðú deáfe

    curse not the deaf,

    • Lev. 19,
      • 14.

  • Deáf corn

    deaf or barren corn,

    • Past. 52,
      • 9;
    • Hat. MS
      • .
Etymology
[
Prompt. deffe surdus:
Wyc. def:
Piers P. deef, pl. deve:
Chauc. deef:
R. Glouc. deve:
Plat. doov:
O. Sax. douf:
O. Frs. dáf:
Dut. doof:
Ger. taub:
M. H. Ger. toup:
O. H. Ger. toup, doup:
Goth. daubs, daufs hardened, obdurate:
Dan. döv:
Swed. döf:
Icel. daufr
.]
Derived forms
a-deáf, a-deáfian, a-deáfu, a-deáfung
Linked entries
v.  a-deáf.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “DEÁF.” 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/7442.

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