westdæl

Old English

Etymology

From west (“west”) +‎ dǣl (“part”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwestˌdæːl/

Noun

westdǣl m

1. the west, a western part or region
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Breoton ist gārseċġes ēalond, ðæt wæs iū Albion hāten: is ġeseted betwyh norðdǣle and westdǣle, Ġermanie ⁊ Gallie ⁊ Hispanie þām mǣstum dǣlum Europe myċċle fæce onġeġn.

     Britain is an island of the sea, which was formerly called Albion: is is situated between the north and west, opposite of and far from Germania and Gaul and Hispania, the largest divisions of Europe.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	westdǣl	westdǣlas
accusative	westdǣl	westdǣlas
genitive	westdǣles	westdǣla
dative	westdǣle	westdǣlum

See also

• norþdǣl
• sūþdǣl

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “west-dǽl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.