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þel

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
þel, (þell), es; n.
A thin piece of wood or metal, a plank, plate
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  • Gylden þel áslægen

    bratea,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 42
      • .

  • Weel planca (þell? þele? the line is:)

    (Corpus virgineum natat ceu plana carina,)

    • (Ald. 199)
      • ,
    • 95, 79
      • .

  • Þeáh man gesette án brád ísen þell ofer ðæs fýres hróf ... and þeáh man mid ðám hameron beóte on ðæt ísene þell,

    • Wulfst. 147, 2-7
      • .

  • Ða wágas wǽron gyldne mid gyldnum þelum ánæglede fingres þicce

    auratos parietes laminarum digitalium grossitudine,

    • Nar. 4, 25
      • .

  • Wǽpenu mid gyldenum þelum bewyrcean

    arma aureis includere laminis,

    • 7, 12
      • .
Etymology
Cf.
Icel. þili; n. a plank
Linked entries
v.  weel þelma þille buruh-þelu.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “þel.” 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/31646.

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