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† dighel, a. Forms: 1 díeᵹel, díeᵹol, dýᵹel, 3 diᵹel. [OE. díeᵹel, -ol (:—OTeut. *daugilo-), found beside déaᵹol (:—daugolo-), = OHG. taugal, tougal (daugal, dougal) dark, secret: cf. tougan, dougan concealed, secret.] Secret, obscure.
Beowulf 2719 Hie dyᵹel lond wariᵹeað. a1000Be Domes Dæge (1876) 40 Þæt hit ne sy dæᵹcuð þæt þæt dihle wæs. Ibid. 135 Diᵹle ᵹeþancas. a1250Owl & Night. 2 Ich was..In one swiþe diȝele hale. c1275Lay. 26935 Hii comen in one wode..in one dale deope, diȝele bi-halues [c 1205 diȝelen bihælues]. Hence ˈdighelliche, digheliche (also dihlice, diȝeliche, dieliche) adv., secretly; ˈdighelness (diȝelnesse, dihelness), secrecy; also ˈdighenlich a. [cf. OHG. tougan], secret; ˈdighenliche adv., secretly.
c893ælfred Oros. ii. i. §5 Þurh Godes dieᵹelnessa. Ibid. vi. xxi, He wearð dieᵹellice cristen. c961æthelwold Rule St. Benet (1885) 134 Swa dihlice wuniende. c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. xiii. 35 Ic bodiᵹe diᵹelnesse. a1200Winteney Rule St. Benet xxvii. (1888) 67 Hiȝ scullan oft dihlice ealde witan..sændan. c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 191 He secheð forte þat he open fint, and diȝeliche smuhȝð þer inne. c1200Ormin 5501 Full wel tunnderrstanndenn Off all þe boc in Godess hus Þe deope diȝhellness. c1205Lay. 415 Assaracus hit redde mid diȝenliche runen. Ibid. 13539 Forð riht faren we him to, diȝelliche & stille. a1225St. Marher. 16 To understonden so derne þing ant so derf, of godes dihelnesse. c1275Lay. 6659 Diȝenliche [1205 duȝeliche] hine bi-witie, and his name deorne. |