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deópnes

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
deópnes, diópnes,deóp-ness, deóp-nys, deóp-nyss,deóp-niss,e ; f.
DEEPNESS, depth, an abyss; prŏfundum, altitūdo, ăbyssus = άβυσσos, vŏrāgo
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  • Onafæstnod ic eom on líme deópnesse ... ic com on deópnysse sǽ

    infixus sum in līmo profundi ... vēni in altitudĭnem măris,

    • Ps. Lamb. 68,
      • 3.

  • Ǽnig ne wát ða deópnesse Drihtnes mihta

    no one knows the depth of the Lord's might,

    • Hy. 3,
      • 33;
    • Hy. Grn. ii. 282,
      • 33.

  • Is neowelnes oððe deópnes swá swá scrúd oððe hrægl gegyrlu oððe wǽfels his

    est abyssus sicut vestimentum amictus ejus,

    • Ps. Lamb. 103,
      • 6.

  • Deópnys

    abyssus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 98
      • ;
    • Som. 76,
      • 91;
    • Wrt. Voc. 54,
      • 35.

  • Nywelnes oððe deópnys deópnissa gecígd

    abyssus abyssum invŏcat,

    • Ps. Lamb. 41,
      • 8.

  • On ðære hellícan deópnysse

    in the hellish abyss,

    • Nicod. 24
      • ;
    • Thw. 12,
      • 20.

  • Gesettende on goldhordum diópnyssa oððe nywelnyssa

    ponens in thesauris abyssos,

    • Ps. Lamb. 32,
      • 7.

  • Cwicsúsl vel helelíc deópnes

    barathrum, vorāgo profunda,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 54
      • ;
    • Som. 66,
      • 97;
    • Wrt. Voc. 36,
      • 20.
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v.  diópnys.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “deópnes.” 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/7604.

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