Contionary:deel

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk dēl, from Old Skundavisk dēli, deili, from Halmisk ᛞᚨᛁᛚᛁ (daili), ᛞᚨᛁᛚᛁᛉ (dailiŕ), from Proto-Germanic *dailiz.

Pronunciation

Noun

deel m. (class 3a, genitive deels, plural deele)

  1. piece, part, share
    Een deel ther sarwe was gebroken.
    A part of the machine was broken.
  2. class, division
    Thette kyn gehørt to the høren deele ther gesellskap.
    This family belongs to the higher classes of society.

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