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a-gǽlan

  • verb [ weak ]
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a-gǽlan, p. de; pp. ed.
v. trans.
To hinder, occupy, detain, delay, neglect; impedire, retardare, morari, negligere
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  • Ðæt he ne agǽle gǽstes þearfe

    that he delay not his spirit's welfare,

    • Exon. 19b; Th. 51, 16
      • ;
    • Cri. 817
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  • Me ðiós siccetung hafaþ agǽled

    this sighing has hindered me.

    • Bt. Met. Fox 2, 9
      • ;
    • Met: 2, 5
      • .

  • Ic míne tíd-sangas oft agǽlde

    I have often neglected my canonical hours,

    • L. De Cf. 9; Th. ii. 264, n
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  • Astrecceaþ agǽledan honda

    remissas manus erigite,

    • Past. 11, 1
      • ;
    • Cot. MS.

  • And swá eall ðæt folc wearþ mid him ánum agǽled

    and all the people were so occupied with him alone.

    • Ors. 3, 9; Bos. 68, 24
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v. intrans.
To hesitate, be careless; cunctari, indili-gens esse
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  • He wihte ne agǽlde ðæs ðe þearf wæs þeódcyninges

    he was not careless about anything that was needful for the king,

    • Chr. 1066; Th. 335, 15. col. 1
      • ;
    • Edv. 33
      • .
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v.  a-gálan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “a-gǽlan.” 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/1174.

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