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ge-dál

  • noun [ neuter ]
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ge-dál, es; n.
A division, separation, parting, distribution; dīvīsio, sepărātio, dīvortium, distrĭbūtio
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  • Ðé is gedál witod líces and sáwle

    a separation of body and soul is decreed to thee,

    • Cd. 43; Th. 57, 19
    • ;
    • Gen. 930
    • :
    • Beo. Th. 6128
    • ;
    • B. 3068
    • .
  • Ic uncres gedáles onbád earfoþlíce

    I awaited our parting in sorrow,

    • Soul Kmbl. 74
    • ;
    • Seel. 37
    • :
    • Bd. 1, 15; S. 483, 37
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  • Se hæfde heortan unhneáweste hringa gedáles

    he had the most liberal heart in the distribution of rings,

    • Scóp Th. 148
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    • Wíd. 73
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  • Æfter ðæs líchoman gedále and ðære sáwle

    after the separation of the body and soul,

    • Bt. 18, 4; Fox 68, 12
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  • Ðú ondrǽtst ðé on ðam gedále

    thou fearest to distribute,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 104, 25
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  • Se todǽlde sǽ reáde on gedál

    qui dīvīsit măre rubrum in dīvīsiōnes,

    • Ps. Spl. 135, 13
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Etymology
[Cf.
O. Eng. Homl. elmes i-dal almsgiving
.]
Derived forms
ðeáþ-, ealdor-, feorh-, friþ-, gást-, híw-, líf-, nýd-, sáwel-, ðeóden-, woruld-gedál
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