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† to-ˈdeal, v. Obs.
[OE. todǽlan, f. to-2 + dǽlan to deal; = OS. te-dêlian, OHG. zi-, zateiljan, Ger. zerteilen.]
1. trans. To divide (into parts); to distribute, deal out; also, to separate, sever.
c888K. ælfred Boeth. xxxiii. §4 Þone anne noman þu todældest on feower ᵹesceafta. c893― Oros. i. i. §1 Ure ieldran ealne þisne ymbhwyrft þises middanᵹeardes..on þreo todældon. c1000ælfric Hom. II. 194 Astrece ðine hand ofer ða sæ, and todæl hi. 1154O.E. Chron. an. 1137, Ac he to-deld it & scatered sotlice. c1200Ormin 9468 Forrþi wass þeȝȝre kinedom Todæledd & tobrittnedd..O fowwre feorþenn daless. c1205Lay. 2994 Ich wille mi dirhliche lod a þroe al to-dalen [c 1275 a þreo al to-deale]. a1225Ancr. R. Pref. 23 This an Boc is todealet in eahte lesse Boke. 1340Ayenb. 164 Þe filozofes..to-delden þise uirtues ine zix deles. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 185 Þe hil mons Olympus..to deleþ tweie londes.
2. intr. To divide, separate, part.
a900O.E. Chron. an. 885, Her to dælde se fore-sprecena here on tu, oþer dæl east, oþer dæl to Hrofes ceastre. a1023Wulfstan Hom. xxx. (Napier) 149 Swa todæleð se lichoma and seo sawul. c1175Lamb. Hom. 131 Swa sone swa heore saulen and heore licoma to-delden heo ferden to helle. c1205Lay. 30833 Sone heo gunen to-delen. c1275Passion our Lord 480 in O.E. Misc. 50 Þat huding-cloþ to-delde in þe temple a to.
3. trans. To decide (a contest). rare.
c1205Lay. 9519 He scal..mit fehten hit to-dælen [c 1275 to-deale]. Ibid. 22799 We þis comp scullen to-delen wið þas uncuðe kempen. |