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dígol

  • adjective
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Grammar
dígol, dýgol, diógol; gen. m. n. dígles, f.dígolre ; def. nom. m. dígla; f. n. dígle; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§221; §431; §639;
Secret, hidden, private, dark, obscure, profound, abstruse, unknown; secrētus, occultus, obscūrus, ignōtus
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  • Se þeóden gewát sécan dígol land

    the king departed to seek a secret land,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1396
    • ;
    • An. 698
    • .
  • He ána geset on dígolre stówe

    he sat alone in a secret place,

    • Bd. 3,
    • 27;
    • S. 559,
    • 2.
  • Sóþlíce nis nán þing dígle, ðæt ne sý geswutelod

    non est enim occultum, quod non manifestētur,

    • Lk. Bos. 8,
    • 17.
  • He ðǽr wolde dígol beón

    he would there be hidden,

    • Bd. 3,
    • 14;
    • S. 539,
    • 44.
  • On dígle, deorce stówe

    in an obscure, dark place,

    • Ps. Th. 142,
    • 4.
  • Is seó forþgesceaft dígol and dyrne

    the future condition is dark and secret,

    • Menol. Fox 585
    • ;
    • Gn. C. 62
    • .
  • Me Daniel dýglan swefnes sóðe gesǽde

    Daniel said soothly to me of the dark dream,

    • Cd. 198
    • ;
    • Th. 246,
    • 21;
    • Dan. 482
    • .
  • Ðæt wit mǽgen smeálícor sprecan and diógolran wordum

    that we two may argue more closely and with profounder words,

    • Bt. 13
    • ;
    • Fox 36,
    • 32.
  • [Laym. digelliche secretly: O. H. Ger. tougal opācus, obscūrus, occultus.]
Linked entries
v.  deáhl dégle diégel dígel dýgel dýgle dígle.
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  • dígol, adj.