ge-cýpan, w. v., _to purchase_: inf. näs him ænig þearf þät he ... þurfe wyrsan wîgfrecan weorðe gecýpan, _had need to buy with treasures no inferior warrior_, 2497. D daroð, st. m., _spear_: dat. pl. dareðum lâcan (_to fight_), 2849. ge-dâl, st. n., _parting, separation_: nom. sg. his worulde gedâl, _his separation from the world_ (his death), 3069.--Comp. ealdor-, lîf-gedâl. däg, st. m., _day_: nom. sg. däg, 485, 732, 2647; acc. sg. däg, 2400; andlangne däg, _the whole day_, 2116; morgenlongne däg (_the whole morning_), 2895; ôð dômes däg, _till judgment-day_, 3070; dat. sg. on þäm däge þysses lîfes (eo tempore, tunc), 197, 791, 807; gen. sg. däges, 1601, 2321; hwîl däges, _a day's time, a whole day_, 1496; däges and nihtes, _day and night_, 2270; däges, _by day_, 1936; dat. pl. on tyn dagum, _in ten days_, 3161.--Comp. ær-, deáð-, ende-, ealdor-, fyrn-, geâr-, læn-, lîf-, swylt-, win-däg, an-däges. däg-hwîl, st. f., _day-time_: acc. pl. þät he däghwîla gedrogen häfde eorðan wynne, _that he had enjoyed earth's pleasures during the days_ (appointed to him), i.e. that his life was finished, 2727.--(After Grein.) däg-rîm, st. n., _series of days, fixed number of days_: nom. sg. dôgera dägrîm (_number of the days of his life_), 824. dæd, st. f., _deed, action_: acc. sg. deórlîce dæd, 585; dômleásan dæd, 2891; frêcne dæde, 890; dæd, 941; acc. pl. Grendles dæda, 195; gen. pl. dæda, 181, 479, 2455, etc.; dat. pl. dædum, 1228, 2437, etc.--Comp. ellen-, fyren-, lof-dæd. dæd-cêne, adj., _bold in deed_: nom. sg. dæd-cêne mon, 1646. dæd-fruma, w. m., _doer of deeds, doer_: nom. sg., of Grendel, 2091. dæd-bata, w. m., _he who pursues with his deeds_: nom. sg., of Grendel, 275. dædla, w. m., _doer_: in comp. mân-for-dædla. dæl, st. m., _part, portion_: acc. sg. dæl, 622, 2246, 3128; acc. pl. dælas, 1733.--Often dæl designates the portion of a thing or of a quality which belongs in general to an individual, as, ôð þät him on innan oferhygda dæl weaxeð, _till in his bosom his portion of arrogance increases_: i.e. whatever arrogance he has, his arrogance, 1741. Biówulfe wearð dryhtmâðma dæl deáðe, forgolden, _to Beówulf his part of the splendid treasures was paid with death_, i.e. whatever splendid treasures were allotted to him, whatever part of them he could win in the fight with the dragon, 2844; similarly, 1151, 1753, 2029, 2069, 3128. dælan, w. v., _to divide, to bestow, to share with_, w. acc.: pres. sg. III. mâdmas dæleð, 1757; pres. subj. þät he wið aglæcean eofoðo dæle, _that he bestow his strength upon_ (strive with) _the bringer of misery_ the drake), 2535; inf. hringas dælan, 1971; pret. beágas dælde, 80; sceattas dælde, 1687. be-dælan, w. instr., _(to divide), to tear away from, to strip of_: pret. part. dreámum (dreáme) bedæled, _deprived of the heavenly joys_ (of Grendel), 722, 1276.