Old English · verb
gedælan
Normalised ġedǣlan
- Part of speech
- verb
- Verb class
- weak class 1
- IPA
- /jeˈdæː.lɑn/
- Syllables
- je · ˈdæː · lɑn (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- distributedeal
Meaning
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to deal out, distribute, share
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.
wlonc bī wealle. · Sume wīġ fornōm,
Conjugation
All forms (16)
Etymology
From ġe- + dǣlan. Cognate with Old Saxon gidelian, Gothic (gadailjan).
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