Dúru

Old English Dictionary Entry

Dúru

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: dór,

Definitions

1 dúru

gen. e; dat. e, a; acc. e, a, u; pl. nom. a; gen. ena; dat. um; acc. a, u; f: dúre, an; f. An opening, a door, the door of a house; ostium, jānua, fŏris :-- Dúru ymbstandennesse welerum mínum 'keep the door [opening ostium] of my lips,' Eng. versn. Ps. Lamb. 140, 3. Seó dúru wæs belocen clausa erat jānua, Mt. Bos. 25, l0. Dúru sóna on arn soon he rushed on the door, Beo. Th. 1447; B. 721. Dúra, Andr. Kmbl. 1998; An. l001. Ðá ða dúra wǽron belocene cum fores essent clausæ, Jn. Bos. 20, 19. Of ðære dúra from the door, Mt. Bos. 26, 71. Belocenum dúrum januis clausis, Jn. Bos. 20, 26. DER. eág-dúru, fóre-, helle-, hlín-: dúru-leás, -stod, -þegn, m. -þínen = þignen, f. -weard: dýr: ge-dýre, ofer-gedýre. n. duru

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