Old English Dictionary Entry

DYNT

Part of speech: es;

Definitions

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1 DYNT

m. I. a stroke, stripe, blow; ictus, plaga, percussio :-- He, mid ðam dynte, nyðer astáh he, with the blow, fell down, Chr. 1012; Th. 268, 29, col. 2: Jn. Lind. Rush. War. 18, 22. Ondrǽden him ðone dynt let them fear the stroke, Past. 45, 2; Hat. MS. 64 b, 23. II. the mark or noise of a blow,-A bruise, DINT, noise, crash; contusio, impressio, sonus :-- Gif dynt sie, scilling; gif he heáhre handa dyntes onféhþ, scilling forgelde if there be a bruise, a shilling; if he receive a right hand bruise, let him [the striker] pay a shilling, L. Ethb. 58; Th. i. 18, 1. Ne wyrnaþ deórra dynta they are not sparing of severe dints, Salm. Kmbl. 245; Sal. 122. Wyrcþ hlúdne dynt makes a loud crash, Bt. 38, 2; Fox 198, 9. [Piers P. Chauc. dint a blow, knock: R. Brun. dynt: R. Glouc. dunt, pl. dyntes: Orm. dinnt a blow, stroke: Icel. dyntr, dyttr, m; dynta, f. a dint.] dynt

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Icel.: Icelandic
L.: Latin

Works & Authors

Bt.: Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiæ (OE translation by Alfred)
Chr.: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Fox: Fox, Samuel (Modern English translator of Boethius)
Jn.: Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Orm.: Ormulum (ME text by Orm)
Past.: Alfred's Pastoral Care (Gregory's Cura Pastoralis)
R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
Sal.: Psalms of Solomon (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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