die
die 1 cease to live. XII. ME. de(i)ʒen, deye, pt. de(i)ʒede, deide, of disputed orig.: two hypotheses are admissible:
i. that the ME. forms repr. unrecorded OE. *dīeġan, *dēġan = OS. dōian, OHG. touwen (MHG. töuwen), ON. deyja :- Gmc. *dawjan, f. *daw-, repr. also in DEAD, DEATH, and Goth. afdauips vexed, rel. by gradation to diwans mortal, undiwanei immortality; but it is more likely
ii. that the ME. forms were immed. — ON. deyja. In OE. the words for ‘die’ were steorfan (see STARVE), sweltan (see SWELTER), or wesan dēad, pt. wæs dēad (‘be, was dead’).
i. that the ME. forms repr. unrecorded OE. *dīeġan, *dēġan = OS. dōian, OHG. touwen (MHG. töuwen), ON. deyja :- Gmc. *dawjan, f. *daw-, repr. also in DEAD, DEATH, and Goth. afdauips vexed, rel. by gradation to diwans mortal, undiwanei immortality; but it is more likely
ii. that the ME. forms were immed. — ON. deyja. In OE. the words for ‘die’ were steorfan (see STARVE), sweltan (see SWELTER), or wesan dēad, pt. wæs dēad (‘be, was dead’).
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