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DUST

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
DUST, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§113; §286; §298; §343;
DUST; pulvis
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  • Hwæðer ðé ðæt dust hérige

    numquid confitēbĭtur tibi pulvis?

    • Ps. Th. 29, 9: Ps. Lamb. 77,
    • 27.
  • Ligeþ dust ðǽr hit wæs

    the dust shall lie where it was,

    • Exon. 99 b
    • ;
    • Th. 373,
    • 8;
    • Seel. 105: l08 a
    • ;
    • Th. 412,
    • 10;
    • Rä. 30,
    • 12.
  • Hió wǽre fordrugod to duste

    it would be dried to dust,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20,
    • 207;
    • Met. 20, 104: Salm. Kmbl. 630
    • ;
    • Sal. 314: Exon
    • . 98 a; Th. 368, 4 ; Seel. 16: Bd: 4, 30; S. 608, 30.
  • Hí beóþ duste gelícran, ðonne hit wind toblǽwþ

    tamquam pulvis, quem projĭcit ventus a făcie terræ,

    • Ps. Th. 1, 5: 89,
    • 6.
  • Asceacaþ ðæt dust of eówrum fótum

    excŭtĭte pulvĕrem de pĕdĭbus vestris,

    • Mk. Bos. 6, 11: Lk. Bos. 10,
    • 11.
Etymology
[
Wyc. Chauc. dust:
R. Glouc. douste:
R. Brun. doste:
Laym. dust, doust, n:
Orm. dusst:
Plat. dust, m:
O. Frs. dust:
Dut. duist:
Ger. dust, m. pulvis:
Dan. dyst, m. f:
Icel. dust, n:
Sansk. dhū-li, m; from dhū to shake, Willms. 457
.]
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