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dǽl

  • adverb
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dǽl, pl. dǽle (gelimplice daele conpetentes portiunculas,
    Wrt. Voc. ii. 104, 79
), dǽlas.
Wright's OE grammar
§54; §134; §331; §345; §387; §562;
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a part (in contrast with the whole)
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  • Tódǽlde se here on tú, óþer dǽl eást, óþer dǽl tó Hrófesceastre,

      Chr. 885; P. 78, 9.

  • Sumursǽtna se dǽl sé þǽr niéhst wæs,

      878; P. 76, 5.

  • Se écea dǽl,

      Bl. H. 111, 32: Gú. 352.

  • Se eorðan dǽl (the body). . se wuldres dǽl(the soul ),

      1340-2.

  • Hié micel þæs folces ofer sǽ ádrǽfdon, and þæs óþres þone mǽstan dǽl hié geridon,

      Chr. 878; P. 74, 27.

  • Hé tóbærst on feówer dǽlas,

      Bl. H. 189, 14.
denoting amount, quantity, &c., some (in contrast with none), a deal, lot, portion
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  • Nǽnig dǽl regnes ne ungewidres in cuman ne mæg,

      Bl. H. 125, 33.

  • Ne wund ne láðes dǽl

    neither wound nor any hurt,

      An. 1476.

  • Bicgað ús sumne dǽl metes

    (

    pauxillum escarum

    ),
      Gen. 43, 2.

  • Sumne dǽl tyrwan

    modicum resinae,

      11.

  • Tó feormianne sumne dǽl hwǽtes

    ad purgandum triticum,

      Gr. D. 97, 2: Hml. S. 23, 473: Chr. P. p. 5, 1.

  • Syle sumne dǽl (þæs fisces) ðám earne,

      Hml. Th. ii. 140, 7.

  • Hwæðer sǽ dǽl ǽnigne grénre eorðan ofgifen hæfde,

      Gen. 1453.

  • Nǽnigne dǽl leóhtes scíman geseón

    ne minimam quidem lucis alicujus particulam videre,

      Bd. 4, 10; Sch. 401, 10.

  • Tó góde gedón þone dǽl þe wé dón magon

    (as much as we can)

    ,
      Wlfst. 188, 13.
a great quantity, (cf. deal, lot in mod. E.), a (great) deal
:--
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  • Dryhtmáðma dǽl,

      B. 2843.

  • Oferhygda dǽl

    much pride,

      1740.

  • Lífwynna dǽl,

      Cri. 807: Deór. 30.

  • Þæt is wundres dǽl

    it is a great wonder,

      Rä. 61, 10.

  • Beran wunden gold and seolfres dǽl,

      56, 4.

  • Weána dǽl,

      B. 1150: 2028: Vy. 67.

  • Ne mæg weorðan wís wer, ǽr hé áge wintra dǽl (many years) in woruldríce

    ,
      Wand. 65.

  • Leóðworda dǽl reccan,

      An. 1490.

  • sum-dǽl

    some-what, some

      (cf. Chauc. som-del; adv.)
    • :--

  • Hé gewát féran út sum-dǽl óðres weorces (sum weorc, v. l.) tó wyrcanne

    ad exercendum opus aliquod discessit,

      Gr. D. 63, 28.

  • Ꝥ heó mihte sum-dǽl (sumne dǽl, v. l.) hwǽtes geclǽnsian,

      97, 3.
  • ¶ in adverbial phrases

    Þæt lond þe mon Ongle hǽt, and Sillende and sumne dǽl Dene,

      Ors. 1, 1; S. 16, 7.

  • Sume daeli

    partim,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 115, 80.

  • Be dǽle

    somewhat, in some measure

  • Bútan hit gelimpe þæt man be dǽle (aliquid ) rǽdinga gescyrte,

      R. Ben. 36, 4: 94, 6.

  • Hí be dǽle hí gereordodon,

      Hml. S. 23, 240.

  • Nim hunig be dǽle

    take a little honey,

      Lch. iii. 58, 30.

  • Hé cúðe be dǽle Lýden understanden

    he knew a little Latin,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 22, 14.

  • Be sumum dǽle

    to some extent,

      Past. 231, 2, 15: Wlfst. 166, 4.

  • Be ǽnigum dǽle

    in any measure,

      165, 2: Bt. 38, 7; F. 210, 9.

  • Be nánum dǽle gefæstnode tó Gode,

      39, 7; F. 222, 18.

  • Be (þám) dǽle þe (þæt)

    in so far as, to the extent that

    • :--

  • Be dǽle ðe wé mægen

    in quantum possumus,

      Past. 231, 4.

  • Be þám dǽle þe hé mæge

    quantum possit,

      Ll. Th. ii. 182, 10: Bt. 34, 12; F. 152, 19: Shrn. 163, 8: 186, 16: 194, 14.

  • Be þǽm dǽle þæt (þe, v. l.) hié mehton,

      Ors. 4, 5; S. 168, 24.

  • Wé nú gehýrdon of hwylcumhugu dǽle secggan be . . .

    we have now in some sort heard say about . . .,

      Bl. H. 103, 18.

  • Þæt hé Grécisc gereord of miclum dǽle cúðe

    ut Graecam linguam non parva ex parte noverit,

      Bd. 5, 20; Sch. 673, 27.
part, share, portion
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  • Eart þú on lifigendra lande mín se gedéfa dǽl

    tu es portio mea in terra viventium,

      Ps. Th. 141, 5.

  • Mé ys on dǽle þæt ic wylle þíne ǽ healdan

    portio mea custodire legem tuam,

      118, 57.

  • Þú móst heonon húðe lǽdan ealle búton dǽle þissa drihtwera,

      Gen. 2150.

  • Ðú miht habban ðínne dǽl ðæs sóþan leóhtes,

      Bt. 36, 2; F. 174, 17: A. Crä. 7.

  • Synd foxes dǽlas

    partes vulpium erunt,

      Ps. Th. 62, 8.
part (where there is community, association)
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  • Sýn hí á fram ǽlcum Godes dǽle (

    from any part in God

    ) áworpene,
      Ll. Th. i. 246, 15.

  • Næfst þú nánne dǽl myd mé,

      Jn. 13, 8.
part, way of life
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  • Sié hira dǽl scired mid Marian,

      El. 1232.

  • Maria geceás þone sélestan dǽl,

      Lk. 10, 42: Bl. H. 67, 35.
in a local sense,
part, region, quarter, district
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  • Dǽles

    climatis, i. partis,

      An. Ox. 1443.

  • Hwider mæg ic þínne andwlitan befleón eorðan dǽles

    a facie tua quo fugiam?,

      Ps. Th. 138, 5.

  • On þǽm dǽle þe Decius on ofslagen wæs,

      Ors. 3, 10; S. 138, 15.

  • In þǽm dǽle þe hé mid tán geeóde,

      Bl. H. 121, 9.

  • Geond þisse eorðan ǽghwylcne dǽl

    in universa terra,

      Ps. Th. 104, 7.

  • Fison foldan dǽl bebúgeð,

      Hebeleat, Gen. 222.

  • On þás niþeran dǽlas þisse ceastre,

      Bl. H. 239, 6.

  • Worolde dǽlas, síde ríce,

      B. 1732.

  • On Indéa óþre dǽlas,

      Ap. 51.

  • On þone wyrsan dǽl

    to the left hand,

      Cri. 1226.

  • Of þǽre ylcan stówe dǽlum (sumum dǽle,

    v. l.) de ejusdem loci partibus,

      Gr. D. 67, 1: 70, 35.

  • Neáh þám dǽlum Tuscie þǽre mǽgðe, 71, 23. VI a.

    part, particular

    :-- Gif hié on ǽnigum dǽle wólíce libban heora líf,
      Bl. H. 109, 19.
part (in for my, your, &c., part),
side, behalf
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  • Mænigfealde þearfe ge Godes dǽles ge worolde dǽles,

      Cht. Th. 167, 17.

  • Ic geseah of dǽle ꝥ mé þá earfeðu becwóman

    ego cernens ex parte mea id accidisse,

      Nar. 6, 24.

  • Bið sé his dǽl synnig

    he for his part will be guilty,

      Ll. Th. i. 138, 17.
in numeration,
time
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  • Is ánra gehwylc synderlíce xxx-tigum ðúsendum dǽla lengra ðonne eal middangeard,

      Salm. K. 150, 13.
  • v. eástsúþ-, middel-, neáh-, twi-dǽl.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “dǽl.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/42566.

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