ofdune
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From of- + dūne, from Proto-Germanic *dūnǭ (“sand dune”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ofdūne
Synonyms[edit]
- ādūn (“down, adown”)
- adūnweard (“downward”)
- dūne (“down”)
- niþer (“down”)
- niþerweard (“downward”)
- ofdūneweard (“downward”)
- ofdūneweardes (“downward”)
Antonyms[edit]
- up (“up, above”)
- uppe (“up, above”)
- uppeweardes (“upwards”)
- upweard (“up, upwards”)
- wiþerdūne (“upward, upright”)
Derived terms[edit]
- ofdūneonwend (“turned downwards”)
- ofdūnerihte (“straight down”)
- ofdūneweard (“downward”)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ofdune”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.