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Þ þ (thorn)
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1.
dēd
adj.
291 quotations in 16 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) Of persons, animals, bodies, parts of bodies: dead, no longer alive; also
fig.
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ben ded
, to be dead; (b) of trees, flowers, etc.: dead.
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dēd
adj. as n.
42 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) A dead man, a corpse;
pl.
dead men, corpses, the dead;
dedes office
, funeral service; (b) a ghost; (c) one who has died;
the ded
, the deceased;
dedes wille
, will or desire expressed by someone who…
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infēriāl
adj.
4 quotations in 1 sense
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Lower, nether, low-lying.
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