DUN
DUN, a colour partaking of brown and black ⬩ fuscus, aquĭlus
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DUN, a colour partaking of brown and black; fuscus, aquĭlus Dun fuscus, Cot. 141, 147: natius [ = nātīvus? ], Ælfc. Gl. 79; Som. 72, 86; Wrt. Voc. 46, 43. Dunn balidus [ = βαλιόs? ], Wrt. Voc. 289, 28.
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dún-elfen
A down or mountain fairy ⬩ castălis, ĭdis
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A down or mountain fairy; castălis, ĭdis; f. one of the muses; castălĭdes, um, f. Ælfc. Gl. 113; Som. 79, 112; Wrt. Voc. 60, 19
DUNG
DUNG ⬩ fimus, stercus
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DUNG; fimus, stercus Ic hine bedelfe, and ic hine beweorpe mid dunne fŏdiam circa illam et mittam stercŏra, Lk. Skt. Hat. 13, 8
Dunnan tún
Dunna's town = Dunnington
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Dunna's town = Dunnington
dunnian
To make of a dun or a dark colour, to obscure, darken ⬩ obscūrāre
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To make of a dun or a dark colour, to obscure, darken; obscūrāre Se móna ða beorhtan steórran dunnaþ [MS. dunniaþ] the moon obscures the bright stars, Bt. 4; Fox 6, 35
dún-sǽte
Mountaineers, inhabitants of the mountains of Wales ⬩ montĭcŏlæ Walliæ
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D. 9; Th. i. 356, 16-20
dúr
A door
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A door. v. dúru, pl. nom. n. v. dór, n
dúre-leás
Doorless ⬩ sine jānua
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Doorless; sine jānua Dúreleás is ðæt hús the house is doorless, Anlct. 153, 24, col. 2
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dúreras
Folding doors
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Folding doors; valvæ, Cot. 183
dúre-þínen
a female door-keeper
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a female door-keeper, Jn. Bos. 18,6
durfon
laboured, perished
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laboured, perished; p. pl. of deorfan
durne
Retired, secret ⬩ reclūsus, secrētus
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Retired, secret; reclūsus, secrētus On ðone durnan [MS. durnen] crundel; of ðam durnan crundelle on ðone þorn to the retired barrow; from the retired barrow to the thorn, Cod. Dipl. 1053; A. D. 854; Kmbl. v. 105, 26
dúr-stodl
A door-post ⬩ postis
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A door-post; postis Dúr-stodl postes, Wrt. Voc. 290, 15
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dúru-stod
A door-post ⬩ ostii postis
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A door-post; ostii postis, Cot. 157
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dúru-þegn
A door-keeper ⬩ jānĭtor
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A door-keeper; jānĭtor Dúruþegnum wearþ hildbedd stýred the death-bed was spread for the door-keepers, Andr. Kmbl. 2182; An. 1092
dust-sceáwung
A dust-viewing, contemplation of dust ⬩ pulvĕris spectātio vel contemplātio
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A dust-viewing, contemplation of dust; pulvĕris spectātio vel contemplātio He gewát from ðære dustsceáwunga he departed from the contemplation of the dust, Homl. Blick. 113, 29
DWELAN
To be led into error, err ⬩ in errōrem dūci, errāre
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To be led into error, err; in errōrem dūci, errāre
dwild
Error, heresy, a prodigy, spectre ⬩ error ⬩ hærĕsis = άίρεσιs, prodĭgium, spectrum
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Error, heresy, a prodigy, spectre; error, hærĕsis = άίρεσιs, prodĭgium, spectrum Wærþ mycel dwyld on Cristendóm there was much error in Christendom, Chr. 1129; Erl. 258, 29.
dwimor
An illusion, delusion, apparition ⬩ phantom; error, fallācia, phantasms = φάντασμά
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An illusion, delusion, apparition; phantom; error, fallācia, phantasms = φάντασμά
DWÍNAN
To pine, fade, DWINDLE, waste away ⬩ tabescĕre
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To pine, fade, DWINDLE, waste away;tabescĕre Ðonne dwíneþ seó wamb sóna then soon will the belly dwindle, Herb. 2, 4; Lchdm. i. 82, 2. Dwinon tabuĕrunt, Cot. 190