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Dún-stán

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Dún-stán, es; m.
Dunstan; Dunstānus
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  • Hér S. Dúnstán wearþ geboren

    in this year [A. D. 925] St. Dunstan was born,

    • Chr. 925
    • ;
    • Th. 199, 4, col. 3
    • .
  • Hér Eádmund cing betǽhte Glæstinga beri S. Dúnstáne, ðár he siððan ǽrest abbod wearþ

    in this year [A. D. 943] king Edmund delivered Glastonbury to St. Dunstan, where he afterwards first became abbot,

    • 943
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    • Th. 211, 17-21, col. 3
    • .
  • On ðam ylcan geáre wæs Dúnstán abbod adrǽfed ofer sǽ

    in the same year [A. D. 957] abbot Dunstan was driven away over sea,

    • 957
    • ;
    • Th. 217, 2-4, col. 1
    • .
  • Hér Eádgár sende æfter S. Dúnstáne, and geaf [MS. gif] him ðæt bisceopríce on Wigarceastre, and syððan ðæt bisceopríce on [MS. an] Lundene

    in this year [A. D. 959] Edgar sent after St. Dunstan, and gave him the bishopric of Worcester, and afterwards the bishopric of London,

    • 959
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    • Th. 219, 25-29, col. 3
    • .
  • Hér Sce Dúnstán féng to arcebisceopríce

    in this year [A. D. 961] St. Dunstan succeeded to the archbishopric [of Canterbury],

    • 961
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    • Th. 218, 34, col. 1
    • .
  • On ðissum geáre ealle ða yldestan Angelcynnes witan gefeóllon æt Calne of ánre upflóran, búton se hálga Dúnstán arcebisceop ána ætstód uppan ánum beáme; and sume ðǽr swíðe gebrócode wǽron, and sume hit ny [ = ne] gedydon mid ðam lífe

    in this year [A. D. 978] all the chief witan of the English race fell at Calne from an upper floor, but the holy archbishop Dunstan alone stayed upon a beam; and some there were very much maimed, and some did not escape with life,

    • Chr. 978
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    • Th. 231, 30-39, col. 1
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  • Hér Dúnstán se hálga arcebisceop forlét ðis líf, and geférde ðæt heofonlíce

    in this year [A. D. 988] the holy archbishop Dunstan departed this life, and passed to the heavenly [life],

    • 988
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    • Th. 239, 9-11, col. 1
    • .
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  • Dún-stán, n.