Middle English Dictionary Entry
dūven v.
Entry Info
| Forms | dūven v. Forms: p.sg. 3 dēf, deæf; p.sbj. dufe. |
| Etymology | OE dūfan, p.sg.3 dēaf, p.sbj.sg. dufe. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) To plunge into water, dive; (b) to sink, fall down; of a weapon: sink in, penetrate.
Associated quotations
a
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)6/24 : Ðu isihst hine biduppen on ðam watere & æft up ateon mid þam ylcæ heowe þe he hæfde ærror ær þan ðe he dufe.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)6505 : Þet deor he smart a-nan vppe þat hæued-bæn, þat þet sweord in deæf.
- c1225 St.Juliana (Roy 17.A.27)68/577 : & wið þet ilke beide & def duuelunge dun to þer eorðe sone bihefdet.