A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Dilitable], adj. delightful, S2; see [Delitable].

[ Dim], adj. dim, MD; dym, C; dymme, MD; dimme, pl., S.—AS. dim.

[ Dimliche], adv. dimly, softly (of sound), MD; dimluker, comp., S.

[ Dimnes], sb. dimness, S2.

[ Dinnen], v. to din, MD; dunien, MD; denie, S; dinede, pt. s., MD; donyd, MD; dynnit, MD.—AS. dynian; cp. Icel. dynja. See [Dyn].

[ Dint], sb. blow, S, S2; see [Dent].

[ Dinten], v. to strike, S.

[ Diopendion], sb. a kind of barley-sugar, S2; see [Dia-penidion].

[ Dirige], sb. the name of an anthem in the office for the dead beginning with the words from Ps. 5. 8, ‘Dirige, Dominus meus,’ MD, S3; dyrge, MD; dorge, MD.

Dis-; see Des-.