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DEÁÞ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
DEÁÞ, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §135; §172; §239; §299; §301; §395;
DEATH; mors
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  • Ðeáh ðe him se bitera deáþ geboden wǽre

    though bitter death were announced to them,

    • Cd. 183
      • ;
    • Th. 229,
      • 26;
    • Dan. 223: Exon. 31 b
      • ;
    • Th. 98,
      • 6;
    • Cri. 1603: Beo. Th. 899
      • ;
    • B. 447: 5773
      • ;
    • B. 2890
      • .

  • Se deáþ cymþ

    death comes,

    • Bt. 8
      • ;
    • Fox 26, 6: Chr. 1065
      • ;
    • Erl. 198,
      • 7;
    • Edw. 26
      • .

  • Hí ofercume unþinged deáþ

    vĕniat mors super illos,

    • Ps. Th. 54,
      • 14.

  • Nis me ðæs deáþes sorg

    there is no fear of death to me,

    • Exon. 38 a
      • ;
    • Th. 125,
      • 7;
    • Gú. 350: 40 a; Th. 133,
      • 25;
    • Gú. 495: Cd. 25
      • ;
    • Th. 31,
      • 28;
    • Gen. 492: Elen. Kmbl. 1165
      • ;
    • El. 584: Bt. 8
      • ;
    • Fox 26,
      • 6.

  • Ðú ðe upahefst me of geatum deáþes

    qui exaltas me de portis mortis,

    • Ps. Lamb. 9,
      • 15.

  • He is deáþes scyldig

    reus est mortis,

    • Mt. Bos. 26, 66: Ps. Th. 54, 4: 72,
      • 3.

  • Gif hwá sié deáþes scyldig

    if any one be guilty of death,

    • L. In. 5
      • ;
    • Th. i. 104,
      • 13;
    • 27
      • ;
    • Th. i. 120,
      • 3.

  • He men of deáþe worde awehte

    he woke men from death with his word,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1166
      • ;
    • An. 583: Exon. 14 b
      • ;
    • Th. 29,
      • 23;
    • Cri. 467: 41 b
      • ;
    • Th. 139,
      • 25;
    • Gú. 598
      • .

  • Gif he man to deáþe gefylle beó he útlah

    if he fell a man to death let him be an outlaw,

    • L. E. G. 6
      • ;
    • Th. i. 170, 10: L. C. S. 2
      • ;
    • Th. i. 376, 18: Chr. 979
      • ;
    • Erl. 129, 10: Boutr. Scrd. 17, 25: 18, 11
      • .

  • Eall ðæt gemót sóhte leáse saga ongén ðone Hǽlend, ðæt híg hyne to deáþe sealdon

    omne consĭlium quærēbat falsum testimōnium contra Iesum, ut eum morti tradĕrent,

    • Mt. Bos. 26, 59: 20, 18: Ps. Th. 114, 8: 117,
      • 18.

  • Fram deáþe to lífe

    a morte in vitam,

    • Jn. Bos. 5,
      • 24.

  • Deáþ he ðǽr býrigde

    he there tasted death,

    Rood
    • Kmbl. 199
      • ;
    • Kr. 101: Cd. 228
      • ;
    • Th. 306,
      • 17;
    • Sat. 665: Exon. 119 b
      • ;
    • Th. 459,
      • 25;
    • Hö, 5
      • .

  • Þurh fǽrlícne deáþ

    through sudden death,

    • L. C. S. 71
      • ;
    • Th. i. 412,
      • 29.

  • Unrót ys mín sáwl óþ deáþ

    tristis est anĭma mea usque ad mortem,

    • Mt. Bos. 26, 38: 16, 28: Ex. 10, 17: Deut. 30,
      • 15.

  • He sceal deáþe sweltan

    he shall perish by death,

    • L. Alf. 14,
      • 15;
    • Th. i. 48, 3, 7,
      • 8.

  • Ðæt ðú deáþe sweltest

    that thou shalt perish by death,

    • Exon. 67 b
      • ;
    • Th. 250,
      • 11;
    • Jul. 125
      • .

  • Deáþe cwylman

    mortificāre,

    • Ps. Spl. 108,
      • 15.

  • Ðæt he deáþa gedál dreógan sceolde

    that he should undergo death,

    • Exon. 36 a
      • ;
    • Th. 116,
      • 12;
    • Gú. 206
      • .

  • Gegang ða deáþa bearn ðe hí démaþ nú

    possĭde fīlios morte punitōrum,

    • Ps. Th. 78,
      • 12.

  • Deáþas

    spirits, ghosts;

    manes,
    • Cot. 134
      • .
Etymology
[
Wyc. deeth:
Chauc. deth:
Laym. dæd, dæð, deað, deð, m:
Orm, dæþ:
O. Sax. dóð, m:
Frs. dead, dea:
O. Frs. dad, dath, m:
Dut. dood, m:
Ger. tod, m:
M. H. Ger. tót, m:
O. H. Ger. tód, m.
Goth. dauþus, m:
Dan. död, m. f:
Swed. död, m:
Icel. dauði
, m.]
Derived forms
ǽr-deáþ, ende-, gúþ-, mere-, swylt-, wæl-, wundor-
Linked entries
v.  deóþ.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “DEÁÞ.” 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/7471.

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