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DǼL

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
DǼL, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§54; §134; §331; §345; §387; §562;
a part, portion, DEAL; pars, portio
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  • Ðæs dæles se dǽl

    the part of the dale,

    • Ors. 1,
      • 3;
    • Bos. 27,
      • 29.

  • Ðú offrast teóðan dǽl smedeman

    thou shalt offer a tenth deal of flour;

    offeres decimam partem similæ,
    • Ex. 29, 36,
      • 40.

  • Hí heora gód on swá manige dǽlas todǽlaþ

    they divide their goods into so many parts,

    • Bt. 33,
      • 2;
    • Fox 122,
      • 26.

  • Micel dǽl bewylledes wæteres on huniges gódum dǽle

    a great deal of boiled water in a good deal of honey,

    • L. M. 2,
      • 20;
    • Lchdm. ii. 202,
      • 27.

  • Gódne dǽl

    a good deal,

    • L. M. 2,
      • 55;
    • Lchdm. ii. 276,
      • 6.

  • Ðæs íglandes mycelne dǽl

    a great deal of the island,

    • Chr. 189
      • ;
    • Ing. 9,
      • 11.

  • Fæder, syle me mínne dǽl mínre ǽhte, ðe me to gebýreþ, Lk. Bos. 15, 12; fadir, gyue to me the porcioun of substaunce, that byfallith to me, Wyc. Be dǽle

    in part, partly,

    • Chr. 1048
      • ;
    • Erl. 178,
      • 5.

  • Sume dǽle

    in some part, partly,

    • Cot. 154
      • .
a part of speech in grammar; pars orationis
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  • Eahta dǽlas sind

    partes orationis sunt octo,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 5
      • ;
    • Som. 3,
      • 22.

  • Interjectio is betwyxaworpennyss. Se dǽl líþ betwux óðrnm wordum, and geswutelaþ ðæs módes styrunge

    an interjection is a throwing between. This part of speech lieth between other words, and denotes a stirring of the mind,

    • 5
      • ;
    • Som. 3,
      • 55.
a part of a sentence, a word; verbum
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  • We todǽlaþ ða bóc to cwydum, and siððan ða cwydas to dǽlum, eft ða dǽlas to stæfgefégum

    we divide the book into sentences, and then the sentences into words [parts], again the words into syllables,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 2
      • ;
    • Som. 2,
      • 37-39.
Etymology
[
Prompt. dele:
Wyc. deel:
Piers P. del, deel:
Chauc. del, delle:
Laym. dæle, dal, del:
Orm. dæl, dale, del:
Scot. dail:
Plat. deel:
O. Sax. dél, deil, m:
Frs. deel:
O. Frs. del, m:
Dut. deel, n:
Kil. deel, deyl:
Ger. theil, m:
M. H. Ger. teil, m:
O. H. Ger. teil, m. n:
Goth. dails, f:
Dan. deel, m. f:
Swed. del, m:
Icel. deill, m:
Sansk. dal findere
.]
Derived forms
eást-dǽl, niðer-, norþ, súþ-, west-, or-dǽle
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “DǼL.” 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/7370.

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