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Old English · noun

deortun

Normalised dēortūn

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
Modern English
containingnobleswildlifeparkdeerareahunt

Meaning

  1. deer park: an enclosed area containing wildlife, set up for nobles to hunt in

Declension

Declension of deortun
SingularPlural
Nominative dēortūndēortūnas
Accusative dēortūndēortūnas
Genitive dēortūnesdēortūna
Dative dēortūnedēortūnum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From dēor (“wild animal”) + tūn (“enclosure”).

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