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dung

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
dung, dat. dyng; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§411;
A subterranean chamber, a dungeon
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  • Cóm hæleða þreát tó ðǽre dimman ding,

      An. 1272.
Etymology
[O. L. Ger. dung, dunc textrina: O. H. Ger. tunc hypogeum, genecium, textrina. Cf. Icel. dyngja a lady's bower.]
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v. drunc-mennen.
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