dyderung

Old English

Alternative forms

• dydrung

Etymology

From dyderian (“to deceive”) +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdy.de.runɡ/, [ˈdy.de.ruŋɡ]

Noun

dyderung f

1. deception, illusion
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     ...maneġa drȳmen maciaþ meniġfealde dydrunga þurh deofles cræft...

     ...many sorcerers create manyfold illusions through the devil's power...

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dyderung	dyderunga, dyderunge
accusative	dyderunge	dyderunga, dyderunge
genitive	dyderunge	dyderunga
dative	dyderunge	dyderungum

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dyderung”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.