Participles
| Present | dǣlende |
| Past | (ġe)dǣled |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | dǣle |
| 2nd sing. | dǣlest; dǣlst |
| 3rd sing. | dǣleþ; dǣlþ |
| 1st plur. | dǣlaþ |
| 2nd plur. | dǣlaþ |
| 3rd plur. | dǣlaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | dǣlde |
| 2nd sing. | dǣldest |
| 3rd sing. | dǣlde |
| 1st plur. | dǣldon |
| 2nd plur. | dǣldon |
| 3rd plur. | dǣldon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | dǣle |
| 2nd sing. | dǣle |
| 3rd sing. | dǣle |
| 1st plur. | dǣlen |
| 2nd plur. | dǣlen |
| 3rd plur. | dǣlen |
Past
| 1st sing. | dǣlde |
| 2nd sing. | dǣlde |
| 3rd sing. | dǣlde |
| 1st plur. | dǣlden |
| 2nd plur. | dǣlden |
| 3rd plur. | dǣlden |
Verbs conjugated like 'dælan'
dælan,
Verbs similar to 'dælan'
adælan,
ælan,
gælan,
hælan,
mælan,
sælan,
tælan,
æwan,
alan,
anælan,
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *dailijaną. Cognate with Old Frisian dēla, Old Saxon dēlian, Old High German teilen, Old Norse deila, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (dailjan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Proto-Balto-Slavic *daili- (Lithuanian dailiti (“divide”)), Proto-Slavic *děliti (Old Church Slavonic дѣлити (děliti, “divide”), Russian дели́ть (delítʹ)). See: Proto-Germanic '
*dailijaną', Proto-Slavic '
*děliti', Old Church Slavonic '
дѣлити', Russian '
дели́ть'.
Verbs referencing "dælan"
Icelandic
deila.
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
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Sē rīċa and sē þearfa sind weġfērende on þisse weorolde. Sē rīċa birþ māre þonne hē behōfiġe tō his formetum, sē ōðer birþ ǣmtiġne pusan. For þȳ sċeal sē rīċa dǣlan his byrðenne wiþ þone þearfan: þonne wanaþ hē þā byrðenne his synna, and þām þearfan ġehilpþ. (The rich and the poor are both wayfarers in this world. The rich carry more than they need for the journey, while the poor hold an empty sack. That's why the rich should share their burden with the poor. That way they can lighten the burden of their sins, and help the poor.)