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díc

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
díc, es; m.
ADIKE, a bank formed by throwing the earth out of the ditch ; vallum, id est tumŭlus, qui terra effossa exstructus est
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  • Andlang díces

    along the dike,

    • Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 442
    • ;
    • A. D. 956
    • ;
    • Kmbl. iii. 438,
    • 18.
  • Ondlong riðiges on ðone díc

    along the ridge to the dike,

    • 620
    • ;
    • A. D. 978
    • ;
    • Kmbl. iii. 169,
    • 2;
    • iii. 168,
    • 35.
  • On ánne micelne díc

    to a great dike,

    iii.
    • 169,
    • 7.
  • Of ðæm díce

    from the dike,

    iii.
    • 169,
    • 2.
  • To ðæm ealdan díc

    to the old dike,

    • Th. Diplm. A. D. 905
    • ;
    • 494,
    • 17.
  • On ðone díc

    to the dike,

    • 494. 37
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. díc, m. a dike, dam:
O. Frs. dik, m. a dike, dam:
Dut. dijk, m. a dike:
Ger. deich, m. a mound:
Sansk. dehī, f. a mound, bank, rampart
.]
Derived forms
ýlen-díc [eáland-díc]
Linked entries
v.  fæsten-díc.
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