Díc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Díc

Old English Dictionary Entry

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Definitions

1 díc

m. A DIKE, a bank formed by throwing the earth out of the ditch; vallum, id est tumŭlus, qui terra effossa exstructus est :-- Andlang díces along the dike, Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 442; A. D. 956; Kmbl. iii. 438, 18. Ondlong riðiges on ðone díc along the ridge to the dike, 620; A. D. 978; Kmbl. iii. 169, 2; iii. 168, 35. On ánne micelne díc to a great dike, iii. 169, 7. Of ðæm díce from the dike, iii. 169, 2. To ðæm ealdan díc to the old dike, Th. Diplm. A. D. 905; 494, 17. On ðone díc to the dike, 494. 37. [O. Sax. díc, m. a dike, dam: O. Frs. dik, m. a dike, dam: Dut. dijk, m. a dike: Ger. deich, m. a mound: Sansk. dehī, f. a mound, bank, rampart.] DER. ýlen-díc [eáland-díc]. dic

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