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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Dwergh], sb. dwarf, MD; dwerk, MD; dwerf, MD; dwarfe, MD; dwerþ (for dwerȝ), S2.—AS. dweorh; cp. Icel. dvergr.

[ Dwilde], sb. error, S, MD.—AS. dwild. See [Dwellen].

[ Dwindle], v. to waste away, Sh.

[ Dwinen], v. to vanish away, to waste away, MD, HD; dwynyn, Prompt.; dwynen, S2; dwynede, pt. s. (weak), MD.—AS. dwínan, pt. dwán (pl. dwinon), pp. dwinen.

Dwole; see [Dwale].

[ Dyad], adj. dead, S2; see [Deed].

[ Dyed], pt. s. coloured, C2; see [Deyen].

[ Dyeuel], sb. devil, S2; see [Deuel].

[ Dyk, Dyke], sb. dike, ditch, S3; dic, S; dich, MD; diche, MD; pl., S; dichen, S.—AS. díc.

[ Dyken], v. to make a ditch, to dig, S2; idyket, pp., S2.