dæl
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Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]dæl
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of del
Old English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *daili.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dǣl m
- part
- 10th century, The Wanderer:
- forþon ne mæġ wearþan wīs · wer, ǣr hē āge
wintra dǣl in woruldrīċe. · Wita sċeal ġeþyldiġ.- thus a man cannot become wise, before he would own
a part of years in world-kingdom. A wise man must be patient.
- thus a man cannot become wise, before he would own
- a share
- degree
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Blessed Stephen Protomartyr"
- Mine gebroðra, uton geefenlæcan be sumum dǣle swa miccles lareowes geleafan, and swa mæres cyðeres lufe.
- My brethren, let us in some degree imitate so great a teacher's faith, and so great a martyr's love.
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of the Blessed Stephen Protomartyr"
Declension
[edit]Declension of dæl (strong i-stem)
Descendants
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *dal.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]dæl n
Declension
[edit]Declension of dæl (strong a-stem)
Descendants
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