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DILE

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
DILE, dyle, es; m.
DILL, anise; anēthum = άνηθoν, anēthum graveŏlens, Lin
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  • Genim diles blóstman

    take blossoms of dill,

      L. M. 1, 1: Lchdm, ii. 20, 7.
  • Genim diles sǽdes áne yntsan

    take one ounce of seed of dill,

      L. M. 2, 12; Lchdm. ii. 190, 9: 2, 15; Lchdm. ii. 192, 14.
  • Selle him mon dile gesodenne on ele

    let a man give him dill sodden in oil,

      2, 23; Lchdm. ii. 236, 15.
  • Ge tiogoðiaþ eówre mintan and eówerne dile and eówerne cymen

    ye tithe your mint and your dill and your cummin,

      Past. 57; Hat. MS: Mt. Bos. 23, 23.
  • Genim ðas wyrte, ðe man anēthum, and óðrum naman dyle, nemneþ take this herb, which is named anēthum,

    and by another name dill,

      Herb. 123, 1; Lchdm. i. 234, 20: Wrt. Voc. 79, 9.
Etymology
[Dut. dille, f: Ger. dill, m; dille, f: M. H. Ger. tille: O. H. Ger. tilli anēthum: Dan. dild, m. f: Swed. dill, m.]
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v.  dyle.
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