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Old English
Etymology
From ġe- + dǣlan. Cognate with Old Saxon gidelian, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gadailjan).
Pronunciation
Verb
ġedǣlan
- to deal out, distribute, share
10th century, The Wanderer:wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,
ferede in forðweġe; · sumne fugel ōþbær
ofer hēanne holm; · sumne sē hāra wulf
dēaðe ġedǣlde, · sumne drēoriġhlēor
in eorðsċræfe · eorl ġehȳdde.- proud by the wall. The war took away some men,
carried into the forth-way; a bird bore away someone
over deep sea; the grey wolf shared someone with death;
a sad-faced warrior hid someone in earthen cave.
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