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Old English · adjective

deop

Normalised dēop

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/de͜oːp/
Syllables
de͜oːp (1 syllable)
Modern English
deepdepthabyss

deop1 · adjective

Senses

  1. deep

    ...seoððan þū þonne hafast handum āmetene hū hēh and dēop hell inneweard sēo, grim græfhūs, gong ricene tō...

    ...then, after thou hast with thy hands measured how high and deep hell is within, the grim grave-house, go forthwith to...

    Caedmon's metrical paraphrase

Declension

Strong declension of deop
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative dēopdēopdēop
Accusative dēopnedēopedēop
Genitive dēopesdēopredēopes
Dative dēopumdēopredēopum
Instrumental dēopedēopredēope
Plural
Nominative dēopedēopadēopedēop
Accusative dēopedēopadēopedēop
Genitive dēopradēopradēopra
Dative dēopumdēopumdēopum
Instrumental dēopumdēopumdēopum
Weak declension of deop
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative dēopadēopedēope
Accusative dēopandēopandēope
Genitive dēopandēopandēopan
Dative dēopandēopandēopan
Instrumental dēopandēopandēopan
Plural
Nominative dēopandēopandēopan
Accusative dēopandēopandēopan
Genitive dēopradēopenadēopradēopenadēopradēopena
Dative dēopumdēopumdēopum
Instrumental dēopumdēopumdēopum

deop2 · noun

Senses

  1. depth, the deep, the abyss, the sea

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of deop
SingularPlural
Nominative dēopdēopasdēopdēopadēope
Accusative dēopdēopedēopasdēopdēopadēope
Genitive dēopesdēopedēopa
Dative dēopedēopum

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *deup. Cognate with Old Frisian diāp, Old Saxon diop, Old High German tiof, Old Norse djúpr, Gothic (diups).

Ultimately from the same as Etymology 1.

Descendants

deep

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