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d
ēa
þ
N (masc)
death
Source:
https://bosworthtoller.com/7471
Attested in
Bede's Death Song
("dēaþe"),
Exeter Book Riddle 5
("dēaþsleġe")
originates from: PGmc
*dauþuz
"death" (dauþuz
>
dauþu
>
dēaþu
>
dēaþ) through pgmc-to-oe
(source:
Ringe 2014
:172)
Inflected forms
dēaþe
"death
.dat
" (
oe-dat
)
Component of compounds
dēaþsleġe
"death-blow"