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défe

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Gif þú wilt doefe beón si vis perfectus esse, Mt. R. 19, 21. Add

Linked entry: doefe

déma

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Déma praetor, An. Ox. 17, 58: preses, 45, 1. Doema arbiter, Wrt. Voc. ii. 9, 50: judex, Ps. Srt. 7, 12: Lk. L. R. 12, 14. Déman satrapę i. iudicis, An. Ox. 4760. Déman presbiteri, i. iudices, 4245: proceres, 7, 64. Démena praetorum, i. iudicum, 311: 8

deóg

Similar entry: dígan

deón

(v.)
Grammar
deón, p. de
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To suck Of múðe cildra and súkendra ł díendra ex ore infantium et lactantium, Mt. R. L. 21, 16

Linked entries: ge-deón deþþan díend meolc-teónd

deóp

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Add: literal Dióp seáð fovea profunda, Kent. Gl. 829. metaph. Þes pistol is . . . eów swíðe deóp tó gehýrenne, Hml. Th. i. 448, 8. His deópe rihtwísnys his infinite righteousness, 112, 3. Deópum ceápe at a high price, Ll. Th. i. 370, 10. Ꝥ hé swá deópe

deór

(n.)
Grammar
deór, an animal.
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Deór ferus, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 236, 11. God biþ þonne réðra þonne ǽnig wilde deór. Bl. H. 95, 31. Þæt grǽge deór wulf on wealde. Chr. 937; P. 109, 22. úr byð ... fela frécne deór, Rún. 2. Se camal ꝥ micla dear, Lk. L. 18, 25. Se micla dear, Mk. L. 10, 25. Of

denu

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Ealle men fleód tó muntum and tó denum ( in speluncas montium ) hié tó behýdanne, and hié cweðað: 'Wé hálsiað eów, muntas and dena, ꝥ gé ús oferfeallen,' Verc. Först. 108, 11. Add

deáf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
deáf, dived, Exon. 126 b; Th. 487, 18; Rä. 73, 4; p. of dúfan

to dive

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to dive, q v

deág

Grammar
deág, is of use, is good, avails, Exon. 8 a; Th. 2, 19; Cri. 21: 10 b; Th. 12, 22; Cri. 189; pres.
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of dugan

Linked entry: deáh

dealf

(v.; part.)
Grammar
dealf, dug, Mt. Bos. 25, 18; p.
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of delfan

dear

Grammar
dear, ic, he
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I dare, he dares, Gen. 44, 34: Beo. Th. 1373; B. 684; pres. of durran

déda

(n.)
Grammar
déda, of deeds, Ps. C. 50, 147; Grn. ii. 280, 147, = dǽda; gen. pl.
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of dǽd

dégol

(n.)

obscurity, mystery

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obscurity, mystery, Elen. Grm. 340: Exon. 46 b; Th. 159, 11; Gú. 925

dégol

(adj.)
Grammar
dégol, secret, unknown, Exon. 8 b; Th. 3, 24; Cri. 41: 104 b; Th. 397, 17; Rä. 16, 21. v. dígol; adj.

demm

(n.)

damage, mischief, harm

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damage, mischief, harm, Ex. 22, 5: Ors. 2, 4; Bos. 43, 29

deóg

(v.; part.)
Grammar
deóg, pl. deógon dyed, coloured , Beo. Th. 1704; B. 850; p.
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of deágan

deáf

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Add: deaf, without hearing Deáffra manna eáran, Hml. Th. ii. 16, 17. imperfect in some essential quality, sterile Se æker ðe bið unwæsðmbǽre oððe ungefynde corn bringð oððe deáf terra quae sterilem segetem gignit, Part. 411, 20

-deáw

(adj.; suffix)
Grammar
-deáw, adj.

Similar entry: ge-

defe

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Of þám þorne tó þǽre defe; of þǽre defe tó beorclíge, Cht. Crw. 25, 55

dene

(n.)
Grammar
dene, f.

Similar entry: denu

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