ofdune

Old English

Etymology

From of- +‎ dūne, from Proto-Germanic *dūnǭ (“sand dune”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ofˈduː.ne/, [ovˈduː.ne]

Adverb

ofdūne

1. down

Synonyms

• ādūn (“down, adown”)
• adūnweard (“downward”)
• dūne (“down”)
• niþer (“down”)
• niþerweard (“downward”)
• ofdūneweard (“downward”)
• ofdūneweardes (“downward”)

Antonyms

• up (“up, above”)
• uppe (“up, above”)
• uppeweardes (“upwards”)
• upweard (“up, upwards”)
• wiþerdūne (“upward, upright”)

Derived terms

• ofdūneonwend (“turned downwards”)
• ofdūnerihte (“straight down”)
• ofdūneweard (“downward”)

Related terms

• æfdȳne (“a descent or downward slope”)
• ofstīgan (“to descend, go down”)

References

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