dust – Old English noun declension

Noun: dust
Gender:

Nominative

Singular	dūst
Plural	dūst

Genitive

Singular	dūstes
Plural	dūsta

Dative

Singular	dūste
Plural	dūstum

Accusative

Singular	dūst
Plural	dūst

Sample Sentences

late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
Sē Antonius ġesēah þǣs Paules sāwle swā hwīte swā snāw stīgan tō heofonum betweoh engla þrēatas; ond tweġen lēon ādulfan his byrġenne on þǣs wēstenes sande; þǣr resteð Paules līchoma mid yfellīċe dūste bewrigen, ac on dōmes dæġe hē ariseð on wuldor. (Antonius saw Paul's soul, as white as snow, ascend to heaven among throngs of angels; and two lions dug his tomb in the sand of the desert. There lies Paul's body, covered by filthy dust, but on Judgement Day he will arise in glory.)

Nouns inflected like dust

dunland, dust,

Etymology

From the fusion of Proto-West Germanic *dust (“dust”) and *dunst (“dust, mist, vapour”), from Proto-Germanic *dustą (“dust”) and *dunstą (“dust, mist, vapour”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰew- (“vapour, smoke”). Akin to Hindi धुआं (dhuā̃, “smoke”), Middle Dutch dost, donst, duust (Dutch dons, duist), Old High German tunst, dunst (German Dunst), Low German dust, Icelandic dust, Norwegian dust, Danish dyst. See: Dutch Nouns 'dons', German Nouns 'Dunst', Icelandic Nouns 'dust', Danish Nouns 'dyst'.