hē
gesēcean
dear, 685; pres.
Beowulf
pl.
duguða,
2036. --3) contrasted with geogoð, duguð designates the noted warriors of
noble birth (as in the Middle Ages, knights in contrast with squires): so
gen. sg. duguðe and geogoðe, 160; gehwylc . . . duguðe and iogoðe, 1675;
duguðe and geogoðe dǣl ǣghwylcne, 622.
durran, v. pret. and pres. _to dare_; prs. sg. II. þū dearst bīdan, _darest
to await_, 527; III.
hē gesēcean dear, 685; pres. subj. sēc gyf þū dyrre,
_seek_ (Grendel's mother), _if thou dare_, 1380; pret. dorste, 1463, 1469,
etc. ; pl. dorston, 2849.
duru, st. f. , _door, gate, wicket_: nom. sg. , 722; acc. sg. [duru], 389.
ge-dūfan, st. v. , _to dip in, to sink into_: pret.
2036. --3) contrasted with geogoð, duguð designates the noted warriors of
noble birth (as in the Middle Ages, knights in contrast with squires): so
gen. sg. duguðe and geogoðe, 160; gehwylc . . . duguðe and iogoðe, 1675;
duguðe and geogoðe dǣl ǣghwylcne, 622.
durran, v. pret. and pres. _to dare_; prs. sg. II. þū dearst bīdan, _darest
to await_, 527; III.
hē gesēcean dear, 685; pres. subj. sēc gyf þū dyrre,
_seek_ (Grendel's mother), _if thou dare_, 1380; pret. dorste, 1463, 1469,
etc. ; pl. dorston, 2849.
duru, st. f. , _door, gate, wicket_: nom. sg. , 722; acc. sg. [duru], 389.
ge-dūfan, st. v. , _to dip in, to sink into_: pret.
