Denu

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - denu

According to the Old English Dictionary:

Though a nominative dene occurs weak forms of the oblique cases are not found.

denu
Add:-- Denu myrtea, Wrt. Voc. ii. 57, 20. On middan þǽre dene, Iosaphaf. Seó dene is betwux þǽre dúne Sion and þám munte Oliueta, Hml. Th. i. 440, 15. Án ðeóstorful dene, ii. 338, 5. Bituih iúih and úsih dene micel (chaos magnum) gefæstnad is, Lk. L. 16, 26. Hé mǽwð gærs on þysse dene (valle), Gr. D. 36, 2. Andlang weterdene tó ðǽre deópan dene; of ðǽre dene tó ðan reádan stáne, C. D. vi. 8, 16. On þǽre dene eádmódnesse, Bt. 12; F. 36, 22. Dena getácniað þá eádmódan, Hml. Th. i. 362, 18. In deanum in convallibus, Ps. Srt. 103, 10. ¶ the word occurs often in local names:--Ðá denbǽra . . . hlósdionu, swánadionu, C. D. ii. 195, 16. In hæsldene; of hæsldene, iii. 401, 2. On hwǽtedene norðeweardre; of hwǽtedene, Cht. E. 293, 22. See also Txts. 545.

Related words: eorþ-, mór-, wæter-denu. denu

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