Ge-dúfan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

he -dýfþ;

ge-dúfan

p. -deáf, we -dufon; pp. -dofen; mergi :-- Heó gedúfan sceolun in ðone deópan wælm they must dive into the deep fire, Cd. 213; Th.266, 30; Sat. 30 : Exon. 41 a; Th. 137, 6; Gú. 555. Gedeáf sank, Ors. 4, 6; Bos. 85, 38. Ðæt ðæt sweord gedeáf so that the sword dived, Beo. Th. 5394; B. 2700 : Cd. 228; Th. 306, 27; Sat. 670. Ðá gedufon hí ealle and adruncon then they all sank and were drowned, Ors. 1, 7; Bos. 30, 24. He wearþ gedofen coepit mergi, Mt. Bos. 14, 13. ge-dufan

Related words: intrans. To plunge, to duck, sink, dive, be drowned;