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denu

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
denu, e; f : dene,an ; f : dene,es ; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§80; §366;
A plain, vale, dale, valley;vallis, convallis
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  • Seó denu ðe ðú gesáwe weallendum lígum vallis illa quam aspexisti flammis feventĭbus, Bd. 5, 12; S. 630, 3, note, MS. B. Seó stów ðǽr seó denu wæs the place where the valley was, 5, 12; S. 630, note 3, MS. T. Ǽlc denu biþ gefylled

    omnis vallis implebĭtur,

    • Lk. Bos. 3,
      • 5.

  • Ðá becóme wit to ánre dene, seó wæs ormǽtlíce deóp and wíd, and forneán on lenge unge-endod

    we two then came to a valley, which was immensely deep and wide, and in length almost endless,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 350, 6 : Bd. 5,
      • 12;
    • S. 627, 16 : Ps Lamb. 83, 7 : Bt. Met. Fox 7,
      • 73;
    • Met. 7, 37 : Salm. Kmbl. 458
      • ;
    • Sal. 229
      • .

  • From Ebron dene

    de valle Hebron,

    • Gen. 37,
      • 14.

  • He gebirgde hine on ðære dene Moab landes ongeán Phogor

    sepelīvit eum in valle terræ Moab contra Phogor,

    • Deut. 34,
      • 6.

  • Dene getelda ic mete

    convallem tabernaculōrum dimētiar,

    • Ps. Spl. 107,
      • 7.

  • Dena genihtsumiaþ of hwǽte

    volles abundābunt frumento,

    • 64, 14 : Exon. 115 b
      • ;
    • Th. 443,
      • 14;
    • Kl. 30
      • .

  • Dene,

    nom pl.

    • Exon. 56 a
      • ;
    • Th. 199,
      • 11;
    • Ph. 24
      • .

  • Ðú ðe asendst wyllas on denum

    qui emittis fontes in convallĭbus,

    • Ps. Lamb. 103, 10 : Exon. 107 b
      • ;
    • Th. 409,
      • 18;
    • Rä. 28,
      • 3.
Etymology
[It is often used as a termination of the names of places situate in a plain or valley, as Tenterden, etc.]
Derived forms
deáþ-denu
Linked entries
v.  dænu dene dene dene.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “denu.” 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/7573.

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