Dench

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English Dench, from Densc (Danish), from Old English Denisc, from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz. Doublet of Danish.

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Proper noun

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Dench

  1. An English surname.

Middle English

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Etymology

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From Densc (Danish), from Old English Denisc, from Proto-Germanic *daniskaz.

Proper noun

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Dench

  1. an English surname
    • 1327, F. J. Eld, editor, Lay Subsidy Roll for the County of Worcester, 1 Edward I[II]., Oxford: James Parker and Co., published 1895:
      De Thoma [sic] Dench . . xijd.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)