"Dench" meaning in Middle English

See Dench in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Densc (“Danish”), from Old English Denisc, from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. Etymology templates: {{der|enm|ang|Denisc}} Old English Denisc, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*daniskaz}} Proto-Germanic *daniskaz Head templates: {{head|enm|proper noun}} Dench
  1. an English surname
    Sense id: en-Dench-enm-name-wiXaGsmP Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English surnames

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-24 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (46b31b8 and c7ea76d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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