(a) Dust; fig. a grain of dust as something of no value; driven the ~ in eie, to throw dust in (someone's) eyes, dupe (sb.); (b) ashes; brennen to ~; (c) debris, refuse, rubbish; fragments, pieces; chirche ~, rubbish in a church; don to ~, to destroy (sth.); driven to ~, destroy (sth.); also, be destroyed; fallen to ~, fall to pieces, disintegrate; heuen to ~, chop (sth.) to pieces; riven to ~, tear (sth.) to pieces; etc.; (d) any pulverized or finely ground substance, powder; milne ~, fine floury dust thrown out by a grain mill, mill dust; (e) scali ~, dandruff; (f) in surnames and place names.

(a) The ground, the dirt; also fig. slepen (dwellen) in ~, to be in one's grave; (b) the material substance of which the human body is created and to which it returns; ~ and asshe(s.