todal
Appearance
Old English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tōdāl n
- division, separation
- difference, disagreement
- c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Paul the Apostle"
- 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
[edit]Strong a-stem:
singular | plural | |
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nominative | tōdāl | tōdāl |
accusative | tōdāl | tōdāl |
genitive | tōdāles | tōdāla |
dative | tōdāle | tōdālum |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “tō-dāl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.