Old English · noun
todal
Normalised tōdāl
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈtoːˌdɑːl/
- Syllables
- ˈtoː · ˌdɑːl (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- divisioncommasectiondifferencedisagreementdividingseparationportion
Meaning
-
division, separation
-
difference, disagreement
Miċel tōdāl is betwux þām ġeċyrredum mannum: sume hī ġeefenlǣċað þām apostolum, sume hī ġeefenlǣċað Iūdan, Cristes belǣwan, sume Annanian and Saphiran, sume Giezi.
There is a great difference among converted men: some imitate the apostles, some imitate Judas, the betrayer of Christ, some Ananias and Sapphira, some Gehazi.
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle" -
a part, portion, section
-
a dividing mark; a comma
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From tō- + dāl.
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