† digheladj.
Secret, obscure.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective]
dernc897
dighela1000
hid?c1225
stillc1275
stillyc1275
covertc1303
secrec1374
secret1399
secretivec1470
covered1484
dark1532
underhid1532
hiddena1547
concealed1558
abstruse1576
unshewing1598
mystical1600
of secreta1616
mystica1625
subterraneous1652
researched1653
hugger-mugger1692
hidlingsa1810
sub rosa1824
cachet1837
cloak and dagger1841
theftuous1881
q.t.1910
closet1966
down-low1991
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective]
higheOE
dighela1000
deepc1000
darkOE
starkOE
dusk?c1225
subtle1340
dimc1350
subtilea1393
covert1393
mystica1398
murka1400
cloudyc1400
hard?c1400
mistyc1400
unclearc1400
diffuse1430
abstractc1450
diffused?1456
exquisitec1460
obnubilous?a1475
obscure?a1475
covered1484
intricate?a1500
nice?a1500
perplexeda1500
difficilea1513
difficult1530
privy1532
smoky1533
secret1535
abstruse?1549
difficul1552
entangled1561
confounded1572
darksome1574
obnubilate1575
enigmatical1576
confuse1577
mysteriousa1586
Delphic1598
obfuscatea1600
enfumed1601
Delphicala1603
obstruse1604
abstracted1605
confused1611
questionable1611
inevident1614
recondite1619
cryptic1620
obfuscated1620
transcendent1624
Delphian1625
oraculous1625
enigmatic1628
recluse1629
abdite1635
undilucidated1635
clouded1641
benighted1647
oblite1650
researched1653
obnubilated1658
obscurative1664
tenebrose1677
hyperbyssal1691
condite1695
diffusive1709
profound1710
tenebricose1730
oracular1749
opaque1761
unenlightening1768
darkling1795
offuscating1798
unrecognizable1817
tough1820
abstrusive1848
obscurant1878
out-of-focus1891
unplumbable1895
inenubilable1903
non-transparent1939
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] > hidden
dighela1000
dernc1000
wriena1250
privyc1300
unshewedc1386
wrapped1398
quatc1425
tectc1440
blinda1522
coucheda1522
dark1532
lurkingc1540
velated1542
hiddena1547
inclusive1554
concealed1558
secret1559
occult1567
disguised1594
occulted1598
derned1600
shrouded1600
latent1605
abstrused1608
supposed1608
unshown1614
enshielda1616
retruse1623
dissembled1631
researched1636
recondite1649
delitescent1653
larved1654
tected1657
bedilt1660
bosomed1667
inhidden1674
underground1677
abditive1727
secreted1756
unextruded1808
unprotruded1812
undisplayed1822
larvated1832
dissimulated1838
latescent1852
squat1956
OE Beowulf 1357 Hie dygel lond warigeað.
a1000 Be Domes Dæge (1876) 40 Þæt hit ne sy dægcuð þæt þæt dihle wæs.
a1000 Be Domes Dæge (1876) 135 Digle geþancas.
a1250 Owl & Nightingale 2 Ich was..In one swiþe diȝele hale.
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1978) l. 13444 Hii comen in one wode..in one dale deope diȝele bi-halues [c1275 Calig. diȝelen bihælues].
Derivatives
ˈdighelliche n.
digheliche n.
dihlice adv.
ΚΠ
OE Rule St. Benet (Corpus Cambr.) 134 Swa dihlice wuniende.
a1200 Winteney Rule St. Benet xxvii. (1888) 67 Hiȝ scullan oft dihlice ealde witan..sændan.
diȝeliche adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [adverb]
dighenlichec893
diȝelichec1200
darklyc1350
mysteriously1486
mystically1509
in (a) mystery1526
abstrusely1611
cryptically1663
oracularly1771
occultly1793
pokerishly1854
mystifically1880
sophically1888
sphinxily1889
mystifyingly1937
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 191 He secheð forte þat he open fint, and diȝeliche smuhȝð þer inne.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 6757 Forð-riht faren we him to diȝelliche & stille.
dieliche adv. secretly.
ΚΠ
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. vi. xxi He wearð diegellice cristen.
ˈdighelness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [noun]
dighelnessc1000
dernship?c1225
derna1250
concealmenta1325
hidnessc1330
hiddennessc1380
privy1384
secrenessc1386
secre1390
stillnessa1400
secretnessa1475
hodelnessec1475
scuggery?a1500
hugger-mugger1529
closeness1562
secrecy1563
privatenessa1586
covertness1592
hugger-mug1654
privacy1702
conspiracy of silence1865
hush-hush1973
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xiii. 35 Ic bodige digelnesse.
diȝelnesse n.
ΚΠ
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 5501 Fullwel tunnderrstann denn. Off all þe boc i godess hus Þe deope diȝhellnesse.
dihelness n. secrecy.
ΚΠ
a1225 St. Marher. 16 To understonden so derne þing ant so derf, of godes dihelnesse.
ˈdighenlich adj. [compare Old High German tougan] secret.
ˈdighenliche adv. secretly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > a profound secret, mystery > [adverb]
dighenlichec893
diȝelichec1200
darklyc1350
mysteriously1486
mystically1509
in (a) mystery1526
abstrusely1611
cryptically1663
oracularly1771
occultly1793
pokerishly1854
mystifically1880
sophically1888
sphinxily1889
mystifyingly1937
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. ii. i. §5 Þurh Godes diegelnessa.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 209 Assaracus hit redde mid diȝenliche runen.
c1300 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Otho) (1963) l. 3320 Diȝenliche [c1275 Calig. duȝeliche] hine bi-witie and his name deorne.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
<
adj.c893