dæl

Middle English

Noun

dæl

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of del

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Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *dailiz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰayl-. Cognate with Old Frisian dēl, Old Saxon dēl (Dutch deel), Old High German teil (German Teil), Old Norse deild (Danish and Norwegian del, Danish spelling before the writing reform of 1948: Deel), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (dails). The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Baltic *daili- (Lithuanian dailiti (“divide”)), Albanian thelë (“portion, piece”), Proto-Slavic *dělъ (Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti), Russian дели́ть (delítʹ)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæːl/

Noun

dǣl m

1. part, share, portion

   Sēo niht hæfð seofon dǣlas: Ǣfenglōma, Ǣfen, Conticinium, Midniht, Hancrēd, Dæġrēd, and Diluculum.

   The night has seven parts: Dusk, Vespers, Stillness, Midnight, Cockcrow, Dawn, and Daybreak.

2. unit, word

Declension

Declension of dæl (strong i-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dǣl	dǣlas
accusative	dǣl	dǣlas
genitive	dǣles	dǣla
dative	dǣle	dǣlum

Descendants

• English: deal

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *dalą, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰal-. Cognate with Old Frisian del, Old Saxon dal, Dutch dal, Old High German tal (German Tal), Old Norse dalr (Danish and Swedish dal), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌻𐍃 (dals). The Proto-Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek θάλαμος (thálamos), Albanian dal (“to exit, unfold, sprout”), Proto-Slavic *dȏlъ (Old Church Slavonic долъ (dolŭ), Russian дол (dol)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæl/

Noun

dæl n

1. valley; dale

Declension

Declension of dæl (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dæl	dalu
accusative	dæl	dalu
genitive	dæles	dala
dative	dæle	dalum

Descendants

• Middle English: dale
  • Scots: dale, daal
  • English: dale