Old English Dictionary Entry

DUST

Part of speech: es;

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1 DUST

n. DUST; pulvis :-- Hwæðer ðé ðæt dust hérige numquid confitēbĭtur tibi pulvis? Ps. Th. 29, 9: Ps. Lamb. 77, 27. Ligeþ dust ðǽr hit wæs the dust shall lie where it was, Exon. 99 b; Th. 373, 8; Seel. 105: l08 a; Th. 412, 10; Rä. 30, 12. Hió wǽre fordrugod to duste it would be dried to dust, Bt. Met. Fox 20, 207; Met. 20, 104: Salm. Kmbl. 630; Sal. 314: Exon. 98 a; Th. 368, 4 ; Seel. 16: Bd: 4, 30; S. 608, 30. Hí beóþ duste gelícran, ðonne hit wind toblǽwþ tamquam pulvis, quem projĭcit ventus a făcie terræ, Ps. Th. 1, 5: 89, 6. Asceacaþ ðæt dust of eówrum fótum excŭtĭte pulvĕrem de pĕdĭbus vestris, Mk. Bos. 6, 11: Lk. Bos. 10, 11. [Wyc. Chauc. dust: R. Glouc. douste: R. Brun. doste: Laym. dust, doust, n: Orm. dusst: Plat. dust, m: O. Frs. dust: Dut. duist: Ger. dust, m. pulvis: Dan. dyst, m. f: Icel. dust, n: Sansk. dhū-li, m; from dhū to shake, Willms. 457.] dust

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic
O. Frs.: Old Frisian

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Exon.: Exeter Book
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Lk.: Gospel of St. Luke (OE translation)
Met.: Metres of Boethius (OE poem)
Mk.: Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
Orm.: Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Sal.: Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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