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Old English
Etymology
From norþ (“north”) + dǣl (“part”)
Pronunciation
Noun
norþdǣl m
- the north, a northern part
- late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Breoton ist gārseċġes ēalond, ðæt wæs iū Albion hāten: is ġeseted betwyh norðdǣle and westdǣle, Ġermanie ⁊ Gallie ⁊ Hispanie þām mǣstum dǣlum Europe myċċle fæce onġeġn.- Britain is an island of the sea, which was formerly called Albion: is is situated between the north and west, opposite of and far from Germania and Gaul and Hispania, the largest divisions of Europe.
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