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of-dæle

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
of-dæle, an(?); n.
Wright's OE grammar
§393;
A downward slope, descent, incline
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  • Hié nyllaþ gepyndan hiera mód swelce mon deópne pól gewerige ac hé lǽt his mód tóflówan on ðæt ofdæle (ofdele, Hatt. MS.) giémeliéste and ungesceádwísnesse

    they will not dam up their minds, as one banks up a deep pool, but he lets his mind flow away to the downward slope of carelessness and folly;

    quia (anima) se ad superiora stringendo non dirigit, neglectam se inferius per desideria expandit,
      Past. 39, 1; Swt. 282, 15.

  • Hí síen on ðæt ofdæle ásigen tó yfele and ðider healde,

      Bt. 24, 4; Fox 84, 28.

  • Sió sunne scýft on ofdæle

    the sun descends,

      Met. 13, 58.
Etymology
[Cf. Goth. at ibdaljin this fairgunjis ad descensum montis, Lk. 19, 37: O. Sax. te dale: O. H. Ger. ze tale downwards.]
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v. preceding word.
Linked entries
v.  -dæle æf-dæl.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “of-dæle.” 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/23991.

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