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DÚN

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
DÚN, e; pl. nom. acc. dúna, dúne; f.
A mountain, hill, DOWN; mons, collis
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  • Seódún , ðe se Hǽlend ofastáh, getácnode heofenan ríce

    the mountain, from which Jesus descended, betokened the kingdom of heaven,

    • Homl. Th. i. 120, 21: 502, 2, 7: Exon. 101 b
      • ;
    • Th. 384,
      • 1;
    • Rä. 4,
      • 21.

  • Ðeós dún

    hic mons,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9,
      • 39;
    • Som. 12, 58: 5
      • ;
    • Som. 4, 8: Ps. Lamb. 67, 16: Wrt. Voc. 80,
      • 42.

  • Hie be hliðe heáre dúne eorþscræf fundon

    they found an earth-cavern by the slope of a high hill,

    • Cd. 122
      • ;
    • Th. 156,
      • 26;
    • Gen. 2594: Homl. Th. i. 502,
      • 13.

  • Betwux ðære dúne Sion, and ðam munte Oliueti

    between mount Sion and the mount of Olives,

    i.
    • 440. 15: 502, 2, 9: 120,
      • l0.

  • Genóh lange ge wunodon on ðisse dúne

    sufficit vobis, quod in hoc monte mansistis,

    • Deut. 1, 6: Gen. 31, 54: Mt. Bos. 24,
      • 3.

  • Stópon stíðhycgende on ða dúne up

    the stout-hearted went aloft upon the hill,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1430
      • ;
    • El. 717: Bt. Met. Fox 19,
      • 20;
    • Met. 19, 10: Cd. 228
      • ;
    • Th. 307,
      • 21;
    • Sat. 683
      • .

  • Ðec heá duna hérgen

    high downs praise thee,

    • Exon. 54 b
      • ;
    • Th. 193,
      • 6;
    • Az. 117
      • .

  • Of denum and of dúnum

    from dells and from downs,

    107 b;
    • Th. 409,
      • 18;
    • Rä. 28, 3: Cd. 69
      • ;
    • Th. 84,
      • 15;
    • Gen. 1398: 71
      • ;
    • Th. 85,
      • 28;
    • Gen. 1421
      • .

  • Seó wiht dúna briceþ

    the creature will burst the hills,

    • Exon. 109 b
      • ;
    • Th. 420,
      • 6;
    • Rä. 39,
      • 6.

  • Wurdon behelede ealle ða héhstan dúna under ealre heofenan. And ðæt wæter wæs fíftyne fæðma deóp ofer ða héhstan dúna

    operti sunt omnes montes excelsi sub unĭverso cælo. Quindĕcim cŭbĭtis altior fuit aqua super montes, quæ operuĕrat,

    • Gen. 7, 19,
      • 20.

  • He gehleápeþ heá dúne

    he shall leap the high downs,

    • Exon. 18 a
      • ;
    • Th. 45,
      • 10;
    • Cri. 717
      • .

  • Seó stów is on Oliuetes dúne ufeweardre

    the place is on the high mount of Olives,

    • Homl. Blick. 125,
      • 19.
Etymology
[
R. Glouc. dounes hills:
Laym. dune, f:
Orm. dun a hill:
Plat. dünen sandhills on the seashore:
Dut. duin, n:
Kil. duyne agger mărīnus:
Ger. düne, f:
O. H. Ger. dún, dúna mons:
Fr. dune, f:
Span. dúnas, pl. f:
Ital. dúna, f. an elevation of sand thrown up by the sea:
Ir. dun, m. a fortified hill, fortress:
Corn. dun, din, f. a hill
.]
Derived forms
a-dún, -dúne, of-
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Bosworth, Joseph. “DÚN.” 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/8106.

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