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CANDEL
/kandel /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Neuter
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
CANDEL
, candell, condel, condell, e; f: candel, es; n. A CANDLE; candela, lampas = λαμπάς :-- Hádre scíneþ ródores candel the sun [the candle of the firmament] serenely shines, Beo. Th. 3148; B. 1572. Candeles leóma the light of a candle; lampas, Ælfc. Gl. 67; Som. 69, 88; Wrt. Voc. 41, 41. Glád ofer grúndas Godes condel beorht God's bright candle glided over the grounds, Chr. 937; Th. 202, 16, col. 1; Æðtelst. 15: Exon. 51b; Th. 179, 20; Gú. 1264: 72a; Th. 269, 23; Jul. 454. Se sceal ðære sunnan síþ bihealdan, Godes condelle he shall observe the sun's course, God's candle, 57a; Th. 204, 2; Ph. 91. [Chauc. Laym. candel: Pers. kandeel a candle: Fr. chandelle: Span. It. candela, from the Lat. candela, from candēre to shine.] DER. dæg-candel, friþ-, heofon-, mére-, swegel-, weder-, woruld-, wyn-: candel-bora, -leóht, -mæsse, -snytels, -stæf, -stieca, -treów, -twist, -weoc, -wyrt.
Linked entries (variants, parts of a paradigm or derived forms):
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candel
. Add :-- Condel funalia, Wrt. Voc. ii. 109, 34. Candel candela, i. 284, 34: 81, 34. Gif þé smælre candelle geneódige, þonne bláw þú on þínum scytefingre, Tech. ii. 120, 20. Acolitus is gecweden sé þe candele oððe tapor byrð, Ll. Th. ii. 348, 4. Gyf man mǽte þ̵ hé byrnende candele geseó, gód þ̵ byð, Lch. iii. 176, 12. Ontend þreó candela, and drýp þ̵ wex þriwa, 286, 6. Swá hwelc mon swá condella onbærne on ciricean of his gestreónum on mínum noman, Shrn. 101, 28. v. weax-candél.
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