Bosworth Toller's

Anglo-Saxon

Dictionary online

díc

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
Dictionary links
Grammar
díc, e; f.
a ditch, the excavation or trench made by throwing out the earth, a channel for water; fossa, excavātio
vel scrŏbis unde terram fodĕrant
Show examples
  • Ðonne to ðære díce hyrnan

    then to the corner of the ditch,

    • Th. Diplm. A. D. 905
    • ;
    • 495,
    • 21.
  • Ðonne on ðone weg, ðe scýt ofer ða díc

    then to the way, that leads over the ditch,

    • Th. Diplm. A. D. 900
    • ;
    • 145,
    • 27.
  • On ða díc

    to the ditch,

    • Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 441
    • ;
    • A. D. 956
    • ;
    • Kmbl. iii. 437, 11, 15,
    • 27.
  • Of ðam bróc on ða ealdan díc

    from the brook to the old ditch,

    • 556
    • ;
    • A. D. 969
    • ;
    • Kmbl. iii. 48,
    • 21.
  • On ða reádan díc

    in the reedy ditch,

    • Cod. Dipl. 1172
    • ;
    • A. D. 955
    • ;
    • Kmbl. v. 332. 13
    • .
  • Binnon lytlum fæce wendon to Lundene; and dulfon ðá áne mycele díc, on ða súþ-healfe, and drógon heora scipa [scypo MS. Cot. Tiber. B. i; scipo MS. Cot. Tiber. B. iv] onwest-healfe ðære brycge

    within a little space they went to London; and they then dug a great ditch, on the south side, and dragged their ships to the west side of the bridge,

    • Chr. 1016
    • ;
    • Th. 281, 4-7, col. 1
    • .
sometimes díc, es; m. is found to denote-a ditch or
channel for water
Show examples
  • Ymbútan ðone weall [Babilónes] is se mǽsta díc, on ðam is yrnende se ungefóglecesta streám; and, wiðútan ðam díce, is geworht twegra elna heáh weall

    round the wall [of Babylon] is a very great ditch, in which runs the deepest stream; and, outside the ditch, a wall is built two ells high,

    • Ors. 2,
    • 4;
    • Bos. 44, 26,
    • 27.
Etymology
[
Prompt.dyke fossa:
Piers P. dyk, dych a ditch:
Chauc. dich a ditch:
Laym. dic, dich, f. a ditch:
Plat. diek, dík, m. a pond:
Frs. dijck, m. vallum:
Ger. teich, m. a pond:
M. H. Ger. tích, m. a pond:
Dan. dige , n. a ditch:
Swed. dike, n. a ditch, trench:
Icel. díki, dík, n. a ditch
.]
Full form

Word-wheel

  • díc, n.