Desserte, n. deserts, merit, VI 235. [OFr. desserte.]

Desspendoure, n. steward, almoner, III 21. [OFr. despendour.] See Spendere.

Destiné, n. fate, V 217; Fate, VIII a 269. [OFr. destinée.]

Destresse, n. distress, II 514. [OFr. destresse.]

Det, n. debt, XVII 222; Dettes, pl. VIII a 92. [OFr. dette.]

Determynable, adj. decisive, authoritative, VI 234. [OFr. determinable.]

Determinacion, n. authoritative decision, XI b 263. [OFr. determinacion.]

Deþ, v. See Don.

Deþ(e), Deth, n. death, II 332, V 37, VII 9, VIII a 324 (the Plague), &c. [OE. dēaþ.] See Ded(e), adj. and n.

Deuel(l), Deuelle, Deuyl(l), Dele (V), n. devil, Devil, IV b 20, 26, V 120, VIII a 56, 114, XI b 105, XV h 16, XVI 341, 399, &c.; what deuel, what the devil, XVI 223. [OE. dēofol.]