"dæl" meaning in Old English

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Noun

IPA: /dæːl/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *daili. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*daili}} Proto-West Germanic *daili Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=dǣl|head2=|sort=}} dǣl m, {{ang-noun|m|head=dǣl}} dǣl m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-i-m|dǣl}}, {{ang-decl-noun|dǣl|dǣlas|dǣl|dǣlas|dǣles|dǣla|dǣle|dǣlum|num=|title=|type=strong i-stem}} Forms: dǣl [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], dǣl [nominative, singular], dǣlas [nominative, plural], dǣl [accusative, singular], dǣlas [accusative, plural], dǣles [genitive, singular], dǣla [genitive, plural], dǣle [dative, singular], dǣlum [dative, plural]
  1. part
    Sense id: en-dæl-ang-noun-N6aAEzvQ
  2. a share
    Sense id: en-dæl-ang-noun-LfIVjXds
  3. degree
    Sense id: en-dæl-ang-noun-swin9Du6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: norþdǣl, sūþdǣl, westdǣl
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /dæl/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *dal. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*dal}} Proto-West Germanic *dal Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=|head2=|sort=}} dæl n, {{ang-noun|n}} dæl n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|dæl|dal|short=1}}, {{ang-decl-noun|dæl|dalu|dæl|dalu|dæles|dala|dæle|dalum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], dæl [nominative, singular], dalu [nominative, plural], dæl [accusative, singular], dalu [accusative, plural], dæles [genitive, singular], dala [genitive, plural], dæle [dative, singular], dalum [dative, plural]
  1. valley, dale Tags: neuter Categories (place): Landforms
    Sense id: en-dæl-ang-noun-8pGNfVJP Disambiguation of Landforms: 11 11 11 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "3": "*dal"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *dal",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *dal.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-decl-noun-a-n",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dæl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dalu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dæl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dalu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dæles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dala",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dæle",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dalum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "nouns",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "head2": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "dæl n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "expansion": "dæl n",
      "name": "ang-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dæl",
        "2": "dal",
        "short": "1"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun-a-n"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dæl",
        "2": "dalu",
        "3": "dæl",
        "4": "dalu",
        "5": "dæles",
        "6": "dala",
        "7": "dæle",
        "8": "dalum",
        "num": "",
        "title": "",
        "type": "strong a-stem"
      },
      "name": "ang-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "valley, dale"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "valley",
          "valley"
        ],
        [
          "dale",
          "dale"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/dæl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dæl"
}

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