Old English · noun

dene

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong i-stem
IPA: /ˈde.ne/
Syllables: ˈde · ne (2 syllables)
Modern English: dene valley

Meaning

valley

Þā becōmon wit tō ānre dene sēo wæs ormǣtlīċe dēop and wīd.

Then we reached a valley that was enormously deep and wide.
c. 992, Ælfric, "Another Vision"

Declension

Declension of dene
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dene	dene dena
Accusative	dene	dene dena
Genitive	dene	dena
Dative	dene	denum

Etymology

Seemingly from a Proto-West Germanic *dani f, from a Proto-Germanic *daniz f. Ultimately related to Old English denn n; thereby related to Proto-West Germanic *dani n, from Proto-Germanic *danją n, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰen- (“low ground”).

Descendants

dene

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