díc
- noun [ masculine ]
Grammar
ADIKE,
a bank formed by throwing the earth out of the ditch ;
vallum, id est tumŭlus, qui terra effossa exstructus
est
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Andlang díces
along the dike,
- Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 442 ;
- A. D. 956 ;
- Kmbl. iii. 438, 18.
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Ondlong riðiges on ðone díc
along the ridge to the dike,
- 620 ;
- A. D. 978 ;
- Kmbl. iii. 169, 2;
- iii. 168, 35.
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On ánne micelne díc
to a great dike,
iii.- 169, 7.
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Of ðæm díce
from the dike,
iii.- 169, 2.
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To ðæm ealdan díc
to the old dike,
- Th. Diplm. A. D. 905 ;
- 494, 17.
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On ðone díc
to the dike,
- 494. 37 .
Etymology
O. Sax. díc, m. a dike, dam:
O. Frs. dik, m. a dike, dam:
Dut. dijk, m. a dike:
Ger. deich, m. a mound:
Sansk. dehī, f. a mound, bank, rampart
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Derived forms
Linked entries
v.
fæsten-díc.
Entry information
Citation
Bosworth, Joseph. “díc.” 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/7663.
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