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dígle

  • adjective
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Grammar
dígle, dégle, diégle, deigle, deágol, dǽg-, dég-, deóg-, dióg-, díg- dýg-ol (-el), deáhle, díhle; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§221; §431; §639;
Secret.Add:
of that which might be seen,
hidden from sight
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  • Dígle hús

    secessus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 26, 39: 57, 57.

  • Deágol

    obstrusus

    (of John yet unborn),
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 90, 36; 64, 40.

  • Se diégla (digla, v. l.) Déma gehírde and suíðe undeógollíce geandwyrde

    judex prius invisibiliter vidit, quod postea publice reprehendit,

      Past. 39, 19.

  • On díglum hole

    in clandestino speleo,

      An. Ox. 2045.

  • On áne dígle stówe,

      Ors. 2, 4; S. 76, 13.

  • On dígle crypel

    in obstrusum cuniculum,

      An. Ox. 2855.

  • Þá díglan wídgilnysse

    abstrusam (heremi) vastitatem,

    2798.

  • Díglum heolstrum

    clanculis (i. occultis) latebris,

      An. Ox. 4211.

  • Díhlum dimhofum

    latebrosis (i. intimis) latibulis,

    819.

  • Of ðǽm díglum

    de obstrusis (pharetrae latibulis),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 68: ii. 26, 28.

  • Seó sunne teígþ on þá dǽglan wegas

    (secreto tramite),

      Bt. 25; F. 88, 26.
of thought, action,
concealed from the knowledge or notice of others
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  • Weorc, swá open swá dégle,

      Past. 451, 14.

  • Dígle (dégle, L. R.)

    occultum,

      Mk. 4, 22.

  • Ðegn dégle (deigle, L.)

    discipulus occultus,

      Jn. R. 19, 38.

  • Ꝥ hit ne sý dægcúð. ꝥ ꝥ díhle wæs,

      Dóm. L. 40.

  • Deáhle

    secretum,

      Kent. Gl. 1126.

  • Dígelre

    latentis,

      An. Ox. 4209.

  • Mid díglum

    cum secreta (oratione),

    1842.

  • Díhlum fácne

    clandestina fraude,

    5128.

  • Sege hwæt ic þence oþþe hwæt ic dó on déglum gerece,

      Bl. H. 181, 14.

  • Þurh his dihlan miht,

      Dóm. L. 20.

  • Beóð gesweotolude dígle geþancas

    arcana patebunt,

    135.

  • Hié wǽron gewitan Godes dégolra dóma,

      Bl. H. 161, 16.

  • Ondrǽd þú þé díhle wísan, Dom. L. 30, 51. ¶ on díglum

    in secret

    :-- þá yfelu on díglan þurhtogene,
      R. Ben. 28, 14.
  • Hé líð him on dígelan. Hml. S. 34, 131.

  • On diglum, on dihlum

    in abscondito,

      Mt. 6, 4.
hard to get knowledge of.
of a fact or circumstance
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  • We leoraiaþ ꝥ seó tíd sié tó þæs dégol ꝥ nǽre nǽnig mon þe ꝥ wiste hwonne ...,

    Bl. H.

      117, 25.

  • Hua nát ðæt ðá wunda ðæs modes bióð dígelran ðonne ðá wunda ðǽs líchaman

    quis cogitationum vulnera occultiora esse nesciat vidneribus viscerum?,

      Past. 25, 19.
of things to be understood,
abstruse, occult
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  • Gimǽrsiga dǽgla girýne

    celebrare misterium,

      Rtl. 2, 41.

  • Þǽm díglum opacis [biblis], Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 40. þá díglan clancula (dicta), 94, 28, Ðú woldest ǽlcum móde díglu ðing tǽcan and seldcúþe

    latentium rerum caussas evolvere, velatasque caligine explicare rationes,

      Bt. 39, 4; F. 216, 13.
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v. dígol; adj. in Dict.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “dígle.” 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/42766.

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