westdæl

From west (“west”) +‎ dǣl (“part”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈwestˌdæːl/

westdǣl m

1. the west, a western part or region
   • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Breoton ist gārseċġes ēalond, ðæt wæs iū Albion hāten: is ġeseted betwyh norðdǣle and westdǣle, Ġermanie ⁊ Gallie ⁊ Hispanie þām mǣstum dǣlum Europe myċċle fæce onġeġn.

     Britain is an island of the sea, which was formerly called Albion: is is situated between the north and west, opposite of and far from Germania and Gaul and Hispania, the largest divisions of Europe.

Strong a-stem:

• ēastdǣl
• middeldǣl
• norþdǣl
• sūþdǣl

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