_of the thing distributed_);
bǣr on innan eall
gedǣlan
geongum and ealdum swylc him god sealde,
_distribute therein to young and old all that God had given him_, 71.
Beowulf
sg.
III. mādmas dǣleð, 1757; pres. subj. þæt hē wið āglǣcean eofoðo dǣle, _that
he bestow his strength upon_ (strive with) _the bringer of misery_ the
drake), 2535; inf. hringas dǣlan, 1971; pret. bēagas dǣlde, 80; sceattas
dǣlde, 1687.
be-dǣlan, w. instr., _(to divide), to tear away from, to strip of_: pret.
part. drēamum (drēame) bedǣled, _deprived of the heavenly joys_ (of
Grendel), 722, 1276.
ge-dǣlan: 1) _to distribute_: inf. (w. acc.
_of the thing distributed_);
bǣr on innan eall
gedǣlan
geongum and ealdum swylc him god sealde,
_distribute therein to young and old all that God had given him_, 71.
--2)
_to divide, to separate_, with acc.: inf. sundur gedǣlan līf wið līce,
_separate life from the body_, 2423; so pret. subj. þæt hē gedǣlde ... ānra
gehwylces līf wið līce, 732.
denn (cf. denu, dene, vallis), st. n., _den, cave_: acc. sg. þæs wyrmes
denn, 2761; gen. sg.
