æfdyne

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Old English

Etymology

From æf- +‎ dȳne.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæfˌdyː.ne/,

Noun

æfdȳne m

a descent, decline, or downward slope

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	æfdȳne	æfdȳnas
accusative	æfdȳne	æfdȳnas
genitive	æfdȳnes	æfdȳna
dative	æfdȳne	æfdȳnum

Synonyms

æfdæl n (“a descent”)

Antonyms

upāstigennes f (“an ascent”)

Related terms

dūn f (“a hill, mountain, or down”)

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “æfdyne”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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