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Denisc

  • adjective
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Grammar
Denisc, def; se Denisca; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§632;
DANISH; Dānĭcus
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  • Gif man ofslagen weorþe, ealle we lǽtaþ efen dýrne, Engliscne and Deniscne if a man he slain, we estimate all equally dear, English and Danish, L. A. G. 2: Th. i. 154, i. Wið Deniscne here

    against the Danish army,

    • Chr. 837
      • ;
    • Erl. 66, 7: 845
      • ;
    • Erl. 66,
      • 23.

  • Nǽron hí náwðer ne on Frysisc gesceapen ne on Denisc

    they were shapen neither as the Frisian nor as the Danish,

    • Chr. 897
      • ;
    • Th 177, 3, col. 2
      • .

  • Hér, A. D. 872, Ælfréd cyning gefeaht wið feówer sciphlæstas Deniscra monna here, A. D. 872,

    king Alfred fought against four ship-crews of Danish men,

    • 872
      • ;
    • Th. 150, 28, col. 1
      • .

  • Ðá com ðǽm Deniscum scipum flód to

    then the tide came to the Danish ships,

    • 897
      • ;
    • Th. 176, 37, col. 1
      • .

  • Com ðá se Denisca flóta to Sandwíc then, A. D. 1006,

    the Danish fleet came to Sandwich,

    • 1006
      • ;
    • Th. 257, 4, col. 1
      • .
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v.  Deniscan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Denisc.” 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/7567.

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  • Denisc, adj.

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