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abstract,
living, dwelling.
of men (or spirits)
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  • Eardung wæs

    municipatus fuerat,

      An. Ox. 2, 395: 4853.
  • Ne biþ Crístes eardung (or
?) on þǽre heortan, Bl. H. 13, 23. Nú se áwyrgda gást tó þon férde in ꝥ hús ꝥ hé manna eardunge of þám húse ádrife
si hanc domum spiritus malignus invasit, et ab ea hominum inhabitationem repulit,
    Gr. D. 184, 26.
of beasts, v. eardian,
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  • Úre fór wæs þurh þá lond and stówe þe missenlicra cynna eardung in wæs nǽdrena and wildeóra

    per bestiosa serpentiosaque loca nobis iter erat,

      Nar. 10, 5.

  • Wið nǽddrena eardunge and áflygennysse

    to prevent snakes living in a place, and to drive them away,

      Lch. i. 366, 8.
concrete,
a dwelling-place, an abode.
of men (or spirits)
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  • Þú, mínes wuldres eardung,

      Bl. H. 157, 12.

  • Hié gearwiaþ deóflum eardunga,

      77, 6: 151, 11.
a lair of beasts
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  • Under ðǽm stáne wæs niccra eardung,

      Bl. H. 209, 34.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eardung.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/43390.

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