dælan

== Icelandic == === Noun === dælan definite nominative singular of dæla == Old English == === Alternative forms === dēlan — Kentish === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *dailijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian dēla, Old Saxon dēlian, Old High German teilen, Old Norse deila, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (dailjan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Balto-Slavic *daili- (Lithuanian dailiti (“divide”)), Proto-Slavic *děliti (Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”), Russian дели́ть (delítʹ)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdæː.lɑn/ === Verb === dǣlan to share late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany" to give charitably to spend to divide or separate something ==== Usage notes ==== Sharing 'with' somebody is expressed with wiþ + accusative, not with mid. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ādǣlan bedǣlan fordǣlan ġedælan tōdǣlan ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: delen, dælen, dealen, deale, dalen, dælenn, deel, deele, dele, deelenEnglish: dealScots: dele, deilYola: ee-delt (ppl.)