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nægel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
nægel, nægl, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§54; §219; §276; §320; §340; §563;
the nail of a finger or toe
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  • Nægel

    unguis;

    næglas

    ungues,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 43, 60.

  • Fingras

    digiti

    . . . nægel

    ungula,

    • 65, 4.

  • Nægl,

    • 283, 25.

  • Nægl

    unguana,

    • ii. 124, 10.

  • Gif nægl of honda weorðe

    if a nail come off a hand,

    • Lchdm. iii. 58, 7 : ii. 80, 20.

  • Gif þuman nægl of weorðeþ, .iii. scill. gebéte . . . Æt ðám neglum gehwylcum scilling

    if a thumb-nail come off (from a blow) the bót shall be iii shillings . . . For each finger-nail a shilling (cf. L. Alf. pol. 56-60; Th. i. 94, 96 where the bót for the thumb-nail is 5 shillings, for the nail of the fore-finger and for that of the ring-finger 4 shillings each, for that of the middle finger 2 shillings, and for that of the little finger one shilling ),

    • L. Ethb. 54. 55
      • ;
    • Th. i. 16, 9-14
      • .

  • Wið scurfedum nægle; nim gecyrnadne sticcan, sete on ðone nægl,

    • Lchdm. ii. 150, 4 : i. 370, 9 : iii. 114, 21.

  • Deóplíc dǽdbót biþ ...; ðæt íren ne cume on hǽre ne on nægle,

    • L. Edg. C. 10
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 280, 21.

  • God of ðam láme flǽsc worhte and blód, bán and fell, fex and næglas,

    • Homl. Th. i. 236, 16.
a nail, peg
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  • Nægl

    clavus,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 22, 10
      • .

  • Nægl

    paxillum, palum,

    • 116, 27.

  • Nægles

    epigri vel clavi,

    • i. 39, 63.

  • Nægle

    cuspide,

    • ii. 21, 24.

  • Ðǽr hýdde wǽron næglas (

    the nails by which Christ was fastened to the cross

    )

    on eorþan,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2216
      • ;
    • El. 1109 : 2227
      • ;
    • El. 1115 : 2344
      • ;
    • El. 1173.

  • Ne gelýfe ic búton ic geseó ðæra nægela (

    clavorum

    )

    fæstnunge on his handa, and ic dó mínne finger on ðære nægela stede,

    • Jn. Skt. 20, 25
      • .

  • Ðæt fýr eode andlang ðara nægla ðe seó studu mid gefæstnad wæs tó ðam wáge,

    • Bd. 3, 17
      • ;
    • S. 544, 31, col. 1.

  • Mid næglum þurh-drífan ða hwítan honda,

    • Exon. Th. 68, 27
      • ;
    • Cri. 1110 : Rood Kmbl. 91
      • ;
    • Kr. 46.

  • Hié námon treówu, and slógon on óðerne ende monige scearpe ísene næglas,

    • Ors. 4, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 158, 5.

  • Heó lǽdde tó hire suna ða ísenan næglas ðe wǽron ádrifene þurh Cristes folman,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 306, 15.

  • Nægelas geseón anxsumnysse getácnaþ,

    • Lchdm. iii. 212, 24.
an instrument for striking the strings of a harp,
Similar entries
v. hearpe-nægel,
  • Exon. Th. 332, 12
    • ;
  • Vy. 84.
Etymology
[
O. Sax. nagal (in both senses)
:
O. Frs. neil (in both senses)
:
O. H. Ger. nagal unguis, clavus. paxillus
:
Icel. nagl unguis; nagli clavus
: cf.
Goth. ga-nagljan.
]
Similar entries
v. hearpe-, scóh-, steór-nægel.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “nægel.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/23379.

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