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DEÁW

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1 DEÁW

m. n. DEW; ros :-- Swá swá deáw ðære dúne ðætte [se, Th; se ðe, Spl.] niðerastáh on munte oððe to dúne sicut ros Hermon qui deseendit in montem Sion, Ps. Lamb. 132, 3. On morgen wæs ðæt deáw abútan ða fyrdwíc mane ros jacuit per circuĭtum castrōrum, Ex. 16, 13: Num. 11, 9. Deáw and deór scúr ðec dómige the dew and heavy rain exalt thee, Cd. 192; Th. 239, 18; Dan. 372: Exon.16 b; Th. 38, 19; Cri. 609: 108 a; Th. 412, 11; Rä. 30, 12: Deut. 32, 2. Þurh dropunge deáwes and rénes through the dropping of dew and rain, Ps. Th. 64, 11. Syle ðé God of heofenes deáwe det tibi Deus de rore cœli, Gen. 27, 28, 39. [Prompt. dewe: Piers P. Chauc. dewes, pl: Orm. dæw: Plat. dau, m: Frs. dauwe, douwe: O. Frs. daw, m: Dut. dauw, m: Kil. dauw, dauwe: Ger. thau, tau, m: M. H. Ger. O. H. Ger. tou, n: Dan. dug, dugg, m. f: Swed. dagg, m: Icel. dögg, f.] DER. mele-deáw, sun-. -deaw,deaw
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Works & Authors

Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Cri.
Christ (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Orm.
Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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