“dealeth” is a form of
deal
/ˈdiːl/ noun, verb, adjective, proper noun
Forms deals dealing dealt dealed
- noun (obsolete) A division, a portion, a share, a part, a piece. “We gave three deals of grain in tribute to the king.”
- noun (often followed by of) An indefinite quantity or amount; a lot (now usually qualified by great or good).
- verb (transitive) To distribute among a number of recipients, to give out as one’s portion or share. “The fighting is over; now we deal out the spoils of victory.”
- verb (transitive) To administer or give out, as in small portions.
- verb (transitive) : To take action with regard to someone or something.
- verb (ambitransitive) To distribute cards to the players in a game. “I was dealt four aces.”
- verb (transitive) deliver damage, a blow, strike or cut. To inflict.
- verb (baseball) To pitch. “The whole crowd waited for him to deal a real humdinger.”
- verb (intransitive) To have dealings or business.
- verb (intransitive) To conduct oneself, to behave.
- noun (archaic in general sense) An act of dealing or sharing out.
- noun (card games) The distribution of cards to players; a player's turn for this. “I didn’t have a good deal all evening.”
- noun A particular instance of trading (buying or selling; exchanging; bartering); a transaction. “We need to finalise the deal with Henderson by midnight.”
- noun (in particular) A transaction offered which is financially beneficial; a bargain.
- noun An agreement between parties; an arrangement. “He made a deal with the devil.”
- noun (informal) A situation, occasion, or event. “What's the deal here?”
- noun (informal) A thing, an unspecified or unidentified object. “The deal with four tines is called a pitchfork.”
- noun (slang, of a person) A personality trait, especially a negative one, and the underlying cause of it. “What's her deal?”
- noun (uncountable) Wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir).
- noun (countable) A plank of softwood (fir or pine board).
Synonyms
allotment apportionment distribution batch flock good deal great deal hatful heap load lot mass mess mickle mint muckle peck pile plenty pot trade business deal bargain mountain passel quite a little raft sight slew spate
Etymology
From Middle English del, dele, from Old English dǣl (“part, share, portion”), from Proto-West Germanic *daili, from Proto-Germanic *dailiz (“part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰ(h₁)-oy-lo- (“part, watershed”). Cognate with Scots dele (“part, portion”), West Frisian diel (“part, share”), Dutch deel (“part, share, portion”), German Teil (“part, portion, section”), Danish, Slovene, and Swedish del (“part”), Icelandic deila (“division, contention”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃 (dails, “portion”). Related to Old English dāl (“portion”). More at dole.
From Middle English delen, from Old English dǣlan (“to divide, part”), from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan, from Proto-Germanic *dailijaną (“to divide, part, deal”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoh₁-i-l- (“part, watershed”).
Cognate with West Frisian diele (“to divide, separate”), Dutch delen, German teilen, Swedish dela; and with Lithuanian dalinti (“divide”), Russian дели́ть (delítʹ).
From Middle English dele (“plank”), from Middle Low German dele, from Old Saxon thili, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þiljǭ (“plank, board”); cognate with Old English þille. Doublet of (dialectal) theal and thill.
From Old English dæl (“valley”), corresponding to modern dale.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.
- noun The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.
- verb To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; --sometimes with out. Is not to deal thy bread to the hungry Is. lviii. 7.
- verb Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.
Etymology [OE. del, deel, part, AS. d; akin to OS. d, D. & Dan. deel, G. theil, teil, Icel. deild, Sw. del, Goth. dails. Dole.]
Etymology [OE. delen, AS. d, fr. d share; akin to OS. d, D. deelen, G. theilen, teilen, Icel. deila, Sw. dela, Dan. dele, Goth. dailjan. See Deal, n.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “deal”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details