dengin (c.1230)

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dengin (c.1230)

[gdw]

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ls(loanword: Irish )
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In this context, the term is more likely to be a rendering of daingean – the Irish word for ‘stronghold’ – than an otherwise unattested variant spelling of donjun (cf. Dermot2 p.144). See eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language daingen.

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1mil. archit.stronghold, fort
( c.1230; MS: s.xiiiex ) A Murchid veit idunc li reis [...]. A un son dengin l’ad trové  176
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