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Middle English
Noun
dæl
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of del
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-West Germanic *daili.
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
- 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.
Declension
Declension of dǣl (strong i-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-West Germanic *dal.
Pronunciation
Noun
dæl n
- valley, dale
Declension
Declension of dæl (strong a-stem)
Descendants