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DENN

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
DENN, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§356;
A DEN; cubīle, lustrum? [lustra MS.]
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  • Denn

    cubile,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9,
    • 2;
    • Som. 8,
    • 27.
  • Wild-deóra holl and denn

    lustrum ferārum [MS. lustra ],

    • Ælfc. Gl. 110
    • ;
    • Som. 79,
    • 38;
    • Wrt. Voc. 59,
    • 10.
  • Se légdraca gewát dennes niósian

    the fire-dragon went to visit his den,

    • Beo. Th. 6082
    • ;
    • B. 3045
    • .
  • Geseah he wundur on ðæs wyrmes denn

    he saw wonders in the dragon's [lit. worm's] den,

    • 5512
    • ;
    • B. 2759
    • .
Etymology
[
Prompt. dēn specus :
Wyc. den :
Chauc. dennes caves :
Laym. denne :
Dut. denne, f. deck of a ship :
Kil. denne ārea, antrum :
Ger. tenne, f. area :
M. H. Ger. tenne, n. area :
O. H. Ger. tenni, n. area
.]
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v.  dænn den.
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  • DENN, n.