eastdæl

From ēast (“east”) +‎ dǣl (“part, portion”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈæ͜ɑːstˌdæːl/

ēastdǣl n

1. the eastern part of a country or place
2. the East
   • Analecta Angla Saxonica

     Eornostlīċe þā sē Hǣlend ācenned wæs on Iūdeseisċre Bethleem, on þǣs cyningum dagum Herodes, þā cōmon þā tungolwītegan fram ēastdǣle tō Hierusalem.

     Truly, the Savior was born in Jewish Bethlehem, in the days of King Herod, after which the Wise Men came to Jerusalem from the east.

Strong a-stem:

• middeldǣl
• norþdǣl
• sūþdǣl
• westdǣl

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “eást-dǽl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.