Dæg-candel

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - dæg-candel

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-condel, -candell, e;

dæg-candel
f. Day-candle, the sun; diei candela, sol :-- Dægcondel, Exon. 130 b; Th. 499, 34; Rä. 88, 26. Dryhten forlét dægcandelle scínan the Lord permitted the sun [the day-candle] to shine, Andr. Kmbl. 1670; An. 837. DER. candel. dæg-candel
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