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DÍCERE - DILE

dícere, es; m. A ditcher, digger; fossor, Ælfc. Gl. 60; Som. 68, 21; Wrt. Voc. 39, 7.

dícian; p. ode; pp. od To DIKE, bank, mound; agg&a-long;r&a-long;re, cing&e-short;re:Ðæ-acute;r Severus hét dícian and eorþwall gewyrcan there Severus commanded to raise a bank and to make an earth wall, Bd. 1, 12; S. 481, 9. DER. be-dícian, ge-.

dícung, e; f. A ditching, digging; fossio, Ælfc. Gl. 60; Som. 68, 20; Wrt. Voc. 39, 6.

dide did, Chr. 616; Erl. 23, 5, = dyde; p. of dón.

didon did, Hy. 7, 107; Hy. Grn. ii. 289, 107, = dydon; p. pl. of dón.

diégel hidden, obscure, Past. 43, 2; Hat. MS. 59 a, 17. v. dígol.

diégel-líce secretly, Som. Ben. Lye. v. dígol-líce.

diégelnes solitude, recess, Bt. 13; Fox 38, 26. v. dígolnes.

dielf dug. v. be-dielf.

dielgian to destroy, Past. 55, 2. v. dilgian.

dierne hidden, secret, Elen. Kmbl. 2160; El. 1081. v. dyrne I.

Difelin, Dyflen, Dyflin, es; m? [Hovd. Diveline] Dublin; Dubl&a-long;na :-- Gewiton him ða Norþmen ofer deóp wæter Difelin [Dyflen, Th. 206, 14, col. 2: Dyflin, 207, 14, col. 1] sécan the Northmen departed over the deep water to seek Dublin, Chr. 937; Th. 206, 14, col. 1; Æðelst. 56.

dígel hidden, secret, Greg. Dial. Hat. MS. fol. 1 a, 20; Homl. Th. ii. 314, 17. v. dígol.

dígelan to hide, Som. Ben. Lye. v. díglian.

dígel-líce secretly, Ors. 6, 21; Bos. 123, 29. v. dígollíce.

dígelnes, dígelnys solitariness, recess, Ps. Spl. second 9, 10: Ors. 2, 1; Bos. 39, 40. v. dígolnes.

dígle, dígele secret, hidden, Mk. Bos. 4, 22: Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som 37, 24; nom. n. of dígol.

dígle; adv. Secretly; secr&e-long;to, clam :-- Ic to ðé, Drihten, dígle cleopode clam&a-long;vi ad te, Dom&i-short;ne, secr&e-long;to, Ps. Th. 141, 5. Dígle furtim, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 144, 30.

díglian; p. ede, ode; pp. od To hide; oc&u-short;l&e-short;re, occult&a-long;re :-- Hí on wudum and on wéstenum and on scræfum hí hýddon and dígledon se silvis, ac desertis abd&i-short;tisve speluncis occ&u-short;l&e-short;rant, Bd. 1, 8; S. 479, 22. DER. be-díglian, ge-deigelian.

díglíce secretly, Mt. Bos. 17, 19. v. dígollíce.

díglod hidden, Fulg. 16; pp. of díglian.

digneras, dýneras; pl. m. Small pieces of money; folles, d&e-long;n&a-long;rii :-- Digneras folles, Cot. 93. Dýneras folles, Ælfc. Gl. 106; Som. 78, 55; Wrt. Voc. 57, 35.

DÍGOL, dýgol, dégol, es; n. Concealment, a secret place, secret, darkness, the grave, mystery; secr&e-long;tum, abscond&i-short;tum, sepulcrum, myst&e-long;rium :-- Ðæt ðín ælmesse sý on díglum ut sit eleemos&y-short;na tua in abscond&i-short;to, Mt. Bos. 6, 4. He wæ-acute;t díglu heortan ipse n&o-long;vit abscond&i-short;ta cordis, Ps. Spl. 43, 24: 50, 7. Mægen he cýðde on dígle he revealed his power in secret, Andr. Kmbl. 1251; An. 626. He ðý þriddan dæge of dígle arás he rose the third day from the secret place [the grave], Exon. 96 a; Th. 359, 13; Pa. 62.

dígol, dýgol, diógol; gen. m. n. dígles, f. dígolre; def. nom. m. dígla; f. n. dígle; adj. Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknown; secr&e-long;tus, occultus, obsc&u-long;rus, ign&o-long;tus :-- Se þeóden gewát sécan dígol land the king departed to seek a secret land, Andr. Kmbl. 1396; An. 698. He ána geset on dígolre stówe he sat alone in a secret place, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 2. Sóþlíce nis nán þing dígle, ðæt ne sý geswutelod non est enim occultum, quod non manifest&e-long;tur, Lk. Bos. 8, 17. He ðæ-acute;r wolde dígol beón he would there be hidden, Bd. 3, 14; S. 539, 44. On dígle, deorce stówe in an obscure, dark place, Ps. Th. 142, 4. Is seó forþgesceaft dígol and dyrne the future condition is dark and secret, Menol. Fox 585; Gn. C. 62. Me Daniel dýglan swefnes sóðe gesæ-acute;de Daniel said soothly to me of the dark dream, Cd. 198; Th. 246, 21; Dan. 482. Ðæt wit mæ-acute;gen smeálícor sprecan and diógolran wordum that we two may argue more closely and with profounder words, Bt. 13; Fox 36, 32. [Laym. digelliche secretly: O. H. Ger. tougal op&a-long;cus, obsc&u-long;rus, occultus.]

dígol-líce, dígolíce; adv. Secretly; secr&e-long;to, clam :-- His leorning-cnihtas hine dígollíce ahsodon discip&u-short;li ejus secr&e-long;to interrog&a-long;bant eum, Mk. Bos. 9, 28: Ps. Th. 9, 29. Albánus hæfde ðone Cristes andettere dígollíce mid him Alban had Christ's confessor secretly with him Bd. 1, 7; S. 477, 7. Se dígolíce lácnod wæs fram his wúndum who was secretly healed of his wounds, 4, 16; S. 584, 30. DER. un-deágollíce.

dígolnes, dígolnys, -ness, -nyss, e; f. Solitariness, solitude, privacy, secrecy, mystery, hiding-place, recess; solit&u-long;do, abscond&i-short;tum quid, secr&e-long;tum, arc&a-long;na, latebra :-- He to dígolnesse and to stilnesse becom ðære godcundan sceáwunge he came to the privacy and stillness of the divine contemplation, Bd. 4, 28; S. 605, 10. Se cyning his geþohte ðære cwéne on dígolnysse onwreáh rex cogitati&o-long;nem suam reg&i-long;næ in secr&e-long;to revel&a-long;vit, 2, 12; S. 514, 36. Him Dryhten synderlíce his dígolnysse onwreáh Dom&i-short;nus ei special&i-short;ter sua rev&e-long;l&a-long;bat arc&a-long;na, 4, 3; S. 567, 20. Næ-acute;nig ðara andweardra his heortan deágolnesse him helan dorste nullus præsentium latebras ei sui cordis cel&a-long;re præsumpsit, 4, 27; S. 604, 22.

dígul secret, Ps. Th. 106, 23. v. dígol.

díhglum, díhlum = díglum secret, retired, shady :-- On díhglum stówum in shady places, Herb. 38; Lchdm, i. 138, 22. On díhlum in secret, Mt. Bos. 6, 6; dat. pl. of dígol, q. v.

díhlíce secretly, Mt. Bos. 1, 19: 24, 3. v. dígollíce.

díhlum in secret, Mt. Bos. 6, 6. v. díhglum.

DIHT, es; n? I. a setting in order, disposing, contriving, disposition, conduct, consultation, deliberation, purpose; dispos&i-short;tio, excogit&a-long;tio, cons&i-short;lium, prop&o-short;s&i-short;tum :-- God gefylde on ðam seofoðan dæge his weorc ðe he worhte on wunderlícum dihte, and he on ðam seofoðan dæge geswác ðæs dihtes ðæs deóplícan cræftes God completed on the seventh day his works which he had wrought with wondrous contriving, and on the seventh day he ceased from the disposition of the profound art, Hexam. 12; Norm. 20, 10, 14. Hit stent on úrum ágenum dihte hú us biþ æt Gode gedémed it stands by our own conduct how we shall be judged before God, Homl. Th. i. 52, 32. Ða mágas ðe æt ðam dihte wæ-acute;ron þolian ðone ylcan dóm cogn&a-long;ti qui illi cons&i-short;lio interfu&e-short;rint patiantur eandem sententiam, L. M. I. P. 16; Th. ii. 270, 4. Ic eom unscyldig, æ-acute;gðer ge dæ-acute;de ge dihtes, æt ðære tíhtlan I am guiltless, both in deed and purpose, of the accusation, L. O. 5; Th. i. 180, 16. II. a dictating, direction, order, command; dict&a-long;tio, directio, jussum, mand&a-long;tum :-- Moyses underféng of Godes sylfes dihte ealle ða deópnyssa ðe he on fíf bócum syððan afæstnode Moses received from the dictating of God himself all the mysteries which he afterwards inscribed in five books, Hexam. 1; Norm. 2, 17. Saul wearþ Gode ungehýrsum and nolde faran be his dihte Saul was disobedient to God and would not walk by his direction, Homl. Th. ii. 64, 3: L. E. G. pref; Th. i, 166, 19: L. C. S. 71; Th. i. 412, 30. Ealle ða þing ðe he dyde, he dyde be his dihte all the things which he did, he did by his [God's] command, Gen. 39. 3. [Dut. dicht, n. poetry: Ger. dicht, ge-dicht, n. a poem: M. H. Ger. tihte, f. a composing; tihte, n. a poem, fiction: O. H. Ger. dihta, f. dictation, fiction: Dan. dight, n. a poem, fiction: Swed. dikt, m. a fable, poem: Icel. dikt, n. a composition: Lat. dictum a saying, order.]

dihtan, ic dihte; p. ic, he [dihtde = ] dihte, dyhte, pl. dihton; pp. dihted; v. a. I. to set in order, dispose, arrange, appoint, direct, compose; par&a-long;re, disp&o-long;n&e-short;re, instru&e-short;re, constitu&e-short;re, comp&o-long;n&e-short;re :-- Abram ðá dyde, swá swá him dyhte Sarai Abraham then did as Sarah arranged, Gen. 16, 3: Jn. Bos. 18, 14. Ic eów dihte, swá mín Fæder me ríce dihte ego disp&o-long;no vobis, s&i-long;cut disp&o-short;suit mihi pater meus regnum, Lk. Bos. 22, 29. Ðæ-acute;r se Hæ-acute;lend heom dihte ubi constitu&e-short;rat illis Iesus, Mt. Bos. 28, 16: 25, 19. II. to order, dictate, indite; dir&i-short;g&e-short;re, dict&a-long;re :-- Hí didon ðá, swá swá him dihte Iosue then they did as Joshua ordered them, Jos. 8, 8. Drihten dihte him hwæt he dón sceolde Dom&i-short;nus omnia op&e-short;ra ejus dir&i-short;g&e-long;bat, Gen. 39, 23. [Wyc. diting an inditing, writing: Piers P. Chauc. dighte to dispose: Laym. dihte, dihten to rule, dispose, indite: Plat. tichten to fix, appoint, dispose: Dut. Ger. dichten carm&i-short;na comp&o-long;n&e-short;re: Kil. dichten dict&a-long;re: M. H. Ger. tihten fing&e-short;re: O. H. Ger. dihtón dict&a-long;re: Dan. digte to make poems: Swed. dikta to fable, feign: Icel. dikta to compose, feign: Lat. dict&a-long;re to dictate.] DER. a-dihtan, ge-.

dihtaþ dictates, Bd. 1, 27; S. 490, 21, = dihteþ; 3rd pres. sing. of dihtan.

dihtere, dihtnere, es; m. An informant, expounder, disposer, manager, steward; auctor, comment&a-long;tor, exp&o-short;s&i-short;tor, dispens&a-long;tor :-- Ic wríte swá me ða dihteras sæ-acute;don ðe his líf geornost cúðon I write as the informants who knew his life most accurately told me, Guthl. prol; Gdwin. 4, 23; 6, 8. Dihtere comment&a-long;tor, exp&o-short;s&i-short;tor, Ælfc. Gl. 49; Som. 65, 86; Wrt. Voc. 34, 18. Dihtnere dispens&a-long;tor, 33; Som. 62, 29; Wrt. Voc. 28, 12. Hwá ys getrýwe and gleáw dihtnere, ðæne se hláford geset ofer his híréd quis est fid&e-long;lis dispens&a-long;tor, et prudens, quem const&i-short;tuet Dom&i-short;nus supra fam&i-short;liam suam? Lk. Bos. 12, 42: Homl. Th. ii. 344, 5.

dihtig; adj. Doughty; val&i-short;dus, Cd. 93; Th. 120, 11; Gen. 1993. v. dyhtig.

dihtnere an arranger, a steward; dispens&a-long;tor, Lk. Bos. 12, 42. v. dihtere.

dihtnung, e; f. A disposing, ordering; dispos&i-short;tio, cond&i-short;tio :-- Ealle ðínre synd dihtnunge underþeódde omnia tuæ sunt conditi&o-long;ni subjecta, Wanl. Catal. 293, 50, col. 1. DER. ge-dihtnung.

DILE, dyle, es; m. DILL, anise; an&e-long;thum = &alpha-tonos;νηθoν, an&e-long;thum grave&o-short;lens, Lin :-- Genim diles blóstman take blossoms of dill, L. M. 1, 1: Lchdm, ii. 20, 7. Genim diles sæ-acute;des áne yntsan take one ounce of seed of dill, L. M. 2, 12; Lchdm. ii. 190, 9: 2, 15; Lchdm. ii. 192, 14. Selle him mon dile gesodenne on ele let a man give him dill sodden in oil, 2, 23; Lchdm. ii. 236, 15. Ge tiogoðiaþ eówre mintan and eówerne dile and eówerne cymen ye tithe your mint and your dill and your cummin, Past. 57; Hat. MS: Mt. Bos. 23, 23. Genim ðas wyrte, ðe man an&e-long;thum, and óðrum naman dyle, nemneþ take this herb, which is named an&e-long;thum, and by another name dill, Herb. 123, 1; Lchdm. i. 234, 20: Wrt. Voc. 79, 9. [Dut. dille, f: Ger. dill, m; dille, f: M. H. Ger. tille: O. H. Ger. tilli an&e-long;thum: Dan. dild, m. f: Swed. dill, m.]