dalc
Middle English edit
Noun edit
dalc
- Alternative form of dalk (“brooch”)
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *dalk, *dolk, from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz, *dulkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰalg-, *dʰalk- (“pricking, stabbing, or cutting tool; needle, pin; knife”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg-, *dʰelk- (“to stick, prick, stab”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dalc m
Declension edit
Declension of dalc (strong a-stem)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dalc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.