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þel

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
þel, (þell), es; n.
A thin piece of wood or metal, a plank, plate
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  • Gylden þel áslægen

    bratea,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 12, 42.
  • Weel planca (þell? þele? the line is: Corpus virgineum natat ceu

    plana carina,

      Ald. 199), 95, 79.
  • Þeáh man gesette án brád ísen þell ofer ðæs fýres hróf ... and þeáh man mid ðám hameron beóte on ðæt ísene þell,

      Wulfst. 147, 2-7.
  • Ða wágas wǽron gyldne mid gyldnum þelum ánæglede fingres þicce

    auratos parietes laminarum digitalium grossitudine,

      Nar. 4, 25.
  • Wǽpenu mid gyldenum þelum bewyrcean

    arma aureis includere laminis,

      7, 12.
Etymology
[Cf. Icel. þili; n. a plank.]
Similar entries
v. benc-, ceól-, wǽg-þel; þel-brycg, -fæsten; þelu; þiling, þille.
Linked entries
v.  þille weel.
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