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swég-dyne

(n.)
Grammar
swég-dyne, -dynn, es; m.
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A resounding din, crash Heard gebrec, hlúd, unrnǽte, swégdynna mǽst ( the crack of doom. ) Exon. Th. 59, 20; 955

dyrst

(n.)
Grammar
dyrst, e; f.

Tribulation ⬩ tribŭlātio

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Tribulation; tribŭlātio

dysi

(adj.)
Grammar
dysi, stupid, Bt. Met. Fox 28, 130; Met. 28, 65. v. dysig; adj.

dynge

(n.)
Grammar
dynge, a storm. Substitute: <b>dynges mere</b>?
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Gewitan him þá Norþmen nægledcnearrum on dinges (dynges, dyniges, dinnes, v. ll. ) mere ofer deóp wæter Difelin sécan, Chr. 937; P. 109, 12

dýpe

(n.)

Similar entry: dípe

dyrne

(adj.)

Similar entry: dirne

Dyra wudu

(n.)
Grammar
Dyra wudu, Dera wudu; gen. dat. wuda; m. [Dere the Deirians, wudu a wood: the wood of the Deirians]

Beverley, Yorkshire ⬩ oppĭdi nomen in agro Eboracensi

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Beverley, Yorkshire; oppĭdi nomen in agro Eboracensi Se sóþfæsta Berhthun eft wæs abbud ðæs mynstres ðæt ys gecýged on Dyra wuda veracissĭmus Bercthun nunc abbas monastērii quod vocātur in Derauuda, id est, in silva Derōrum, Bd. 5, 2; S. 614, 29. He

dyde

(v.; part.)
Grammar
dyde, did, Bt. 25; Fox 88, 36; p.
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of dón

dyhte

(v.; part.)
Grammar
dyhte, arranged, Mt. Bos. 25, 19: Gen. 16, 3; p.
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of dyhtan

dyle

(n.)

dill

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dill, Wrt. Voc. 79, 9

dynge

(n.)
Grammar
dynge, dinge, dynige, es; m?

A noise, dashing, storm ⬩ sonus, strepĭtus, procella

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A noise, dashing, storm; sonus, strepĭtus, procella On dynges mere on the sea of noise, Gst. Rthm. ii. 66, 20; Chr. 937; Th. 206, 12, col. 2

Linked entries: dincge dinne

dysg

(adj.)
Grammar
dysg, adj.

Foolish, weak, ignorant ⬩ stultus, ignorans

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Foolish, weak, ignorant; stultus, ignorans Dysgum monnum by ignorant men, Bt. 33, 4; Fox 130, 28

dysi

(n.)

folly

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folly, Bt. 36, 1; Fox 172, 8

dýþ

(n.)
Grammar
dýþ, e; f.
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fuel, tinder Dýþe malleoli (ambustas malleoli machinas, Ald. 23, 8. Cf. malleolus, genus fomenti aput Persas: malleolus, sarmenta, Corp. Gl. H. 75, 2, 5), An. Ox. 2, 43: Hpt. 445, 39

eorþ-dyne

(n.)
Grammar
eorþ-dyne, es; m.

Earth din, an earthquake ⬩ terræ mōtus

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Earth din, an earthquake; terræ mōtus On ðisan gére wæs micel eorþdyne in this year [A. D. 1060] was a great earthquake, Chr. 1060; Erl. 193, 31; 1122; Erl. 249, 14

dyrne-geliger

(n.)
Grammar
dyrne-geliger, gen. -geligre ; f. [dyrne secret, geliger a lying]

A secret lying, adultery ⬩ adultĕrium

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A secret lying, adultery; adultĕrium Heó hæfde dyrne-geligre she [Eurydice] had secret adultery, Ors. 3, 11; Bos. 73, 39: Ps. Spl. C. 72, 26

dýp

(n.)
Grammar
dýp, es; n.

The deep ⬩ profundum

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The deep; profundum Ofer dýpe, Exon. 101 b; Th, 384, 1; Rä. 4, 21

dýr

(n.)
Grammar
dýr, es; n.

A door ⬩ ostium, jānua

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A door; ostium, jānua We lǽraþ, ðæt mæssepreósta oððe mynsterpreósta ǽnig ne cume binnan circan dýre búton his oferslipe we enjoin, that no mass-priest, or minster-priest, come within the church-door without his upper vestment, L. Edg. C. 46; Th. ii.

geán-dýne

(adj.)
Grammar
geán-dýne, adj.

Steep ⬩ arduous

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Cf. dún, æf-dýne

Linked entry: -dýne

ge-dyn

(n.)
Grammar
ge-dyn, m. l. <b>ge-dyne;</b> n.
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and add Hit anginne eal ætgidre brastligan, and ðá hameras beátan and for eallum ðysan gedene ne mæg sió sáwle hí gerestan. Sal. K. p. 85, 21

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