ofdune

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ofˈduː.ne/, [ovˈduː.ne]

Adverb

ofdūne

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.

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