[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].
ge-dælan: 1) to distribute: inf. (w. acc. of the thing distributed); bær on innan eall gedælan geongum and ealdum swylc him god sealde, distribute therein to young and old all that God had given him, [71].—2) to divide, to separate, with acc.: inf. sundur gedælan lîf wið lîce, separate life from the body, [2423]; so pret. subj. þät he gedælde ... ânra gehwylces lîf wið lîce, [732].
[denn] (cf. denu, dene, vallis), st. n., den, cave: acc. sg. þäs wyrmes denn, [2761]; gen. sg. (draca) gewât dennes niósian, [3046].
ge-[defe], adj.: 1) (impersonal) proper, appropriate: nom. sg. swâ hit gedêfe wäs (bið), as was appropriate, proper, [561], [1671], [3176].—2) good, kind, friendly; nom sg. beó þu suna mînum dædum gedêfe, be friendly to my son by deeds (support my son in deed, namely, when he shall have attained to the government), [1228].—Comp. un-ge-dêfelîce.