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† douth Obs.|duːθ|
Forms: 1 duᵹuþ, -oð, 2–3 duȝeð, 3 duȝeþ(e, duheð(e, doȝeþ(e, doweþ, 4 douþ(e, duþ(e, douth.
[OE. duᵹuþ, -oþ worth, virtue, excellence, nobility, manhood, force, a force, an army, people, OFris. duged (MDu. döghet, Du. deugd), OHG. tugund, MHG. tugent, Ger. tugend virtue, ON. dygð virtue, probity (Sw. dygd; a Com. Germanic deriv. of dugan to be good or worth: see dow v.1]
1. Virtue, excellence, nobility, power, riches.
a1000Hymns iii. 24 (Gr.) Ealra duᵹeða duᵹuð, drihten hælend! c1175Lamb. Hom. 103 Slewðe..bið eure unȝearu to elchere duȝeðe. a1225Juliana 5 Þe modi Maximien..heiende heaðene maumez..wið heh duheðe. a1250Prov. ælfred 177 in O.E. Misc. 112 Dowethes louerd.
b. Good deed, benefit.
a1000Crist 601 Secᵹen Dryhtne þonc duᵹuða ᵹehwylcre. c1205Lay. 10438 Þa duȝeðe þe he us dude whilen.
2. Manhood.
a1000Andreas 152 (Gr.) Todælan duᵹuðe and ᵹeoᵹoðe. a1250Owl & Night. 634 Lutle childre..Doþ al þat in heore ȝeoȝeþe þat hi forleteþ in heore duȝeþe.
3. Men collectively; company; army, retinue.
O.E. Chron. an. 626 Se cining..wæs ᵹefullod..mid eallum his duᵹoðe. a1000Cædmon's Exod. 91 (Gr.) Duᵹoþ Israhela. c1205Lay. 28005 Duȝeðe gon sturien. 13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 597 Þe dome of þe douþe for dedez of schame. Ibid. 1367 Vche duk wyth his duthe & oþer dere lordes. c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1815 Þe douthe dressed to þe wod, er any day sprenged, to chace. a1400–50Alexander 2627 Sone as ser Darie þe deth of his douth sees.
4. Comb., as duȝeðe-wiht, douth-king, douth-mon. Also duȝeðlice adv., virtuously, worthily.
c1205Lay. 16844 Þat heo maȝen drihten duȝeðliche hærien. |