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Old English Dictionary Entry

DÁH

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1 DÁH

gen. dáges; m? DOUGH; farina subacta, massa = μάζα :-- Blóma oððe dáh massa, Wrt. Voc. 85, 16: 94, 63. Dáh [MS. dað] vel blóma massa, Ælfc. Gl. 51; Som. 66, 9; Wrt. Voc. 34, 68. Cned hyt ðæt hit sí swá þicce swá dóh knead it that it may be as thick as dough, Lchdm. iii. 88, 17. Wyrc clam of dáge make a paste of dough, L. M. 3, 59; Lchdm. ii. 342, 18. [Prompt. dowe pasta: Wyc. dough: Plat. deeg: Dut. deeg. n: Kil. deegh massa: Ger. teig, m: M. H. Ger. teic, gen. teiges: O. H. Ger. teig, m: Goth. daigs, m. dough; deigan to make dough: Dan. deig, m. f: Swed. deg, m: Icel. deig, n: Sansk. dih to smear, plaster.] dah
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.
German
Goth.
Gothic
Icel.
Icelandic
L.
Latin
O. H. Ger.
Old High German

Works & Authors

Som.
Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Voc.
Vocabulary
Wrt.
Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies
Ælfc.
Ælfric
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