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Old English Dictionary Entry

DÍGOL

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1 DÍGOL

n. Concealment, a secret place, secret, darkness, the grave, mystery; secrētum, abscondĭtum, sepulcrum, mystērium :-- Ðæt ðín ælmesse sý on díglum ut sit eleemosyna tua in abscondĭto, Mt. Bos. 6, 4. He wǽt díglu heortan ipse nōvit abscondĭta cordis, Ps. Spl. 43, 24: 50, 7. Mægen he cýðde on dígle he revealed his power in secret, Andr. Kmbl. 1251; An. 626. He ðý þriddan dæge of dígle arás he rose the third day from the secret place [the grave], Exon. 96 a; Th. 359, 13; Pa. 62. digol
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᛁᚷᚩᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Exon.
Exeter Book
Mt.
Gospel of St. Matthew (OE translation)
Ps.
Psalms (OE)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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