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Old English · noun

diht

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/dixt/
[diçt]
Syllables
dixt (1 syllable)
Modern English
conductdictumpurposecontrivingconsultationdeliberationdisposingdisposition

diht1 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. a setting in order; disposing; contriving; disposition; conduct; consultation; deliberation; purpose; order; arrangement

    Marcus sē godspellere be godes dihte ġefōr tō Aegipta lande and þǣr lǣrde þæt folc and tō fulluhte ġebiġde frām þām fūlan hǣþensċype.

    Mark the Evangelist went to Egypt by God's order and there taught its people and turned its people towards baptism and away from foul heathenism.

    late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of diht
SingularPlural
Nominative dihtdiht
Accusative dihtdiht
Genitive dihtesdihta
Dative dihtedihtum

diht2 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. a saying; dictum; oracle

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of diht
SingularPlural
Nominative dihtdihtadihte
Accusative dihtedihtadihte
Genitive dihtedihta
Dative dihtedihtum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *diht.

Probably from Latin dicta, plural of dictum. Compare Old High German dihta.

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