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hægel

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hægel, hægl, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§54; §155; §340;
hail
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  • Fýr, forst, hægel and gefeallen snáw

    ignis, glacies, grando, nix,

      Ps. Th. 148, 8.
  • Hægl,

      Exon. 56 b; Th. 201, 22; Ph. 60.
  • Cymeþ hægles scúr

    a shower of hail cometh,

      Cd. 38; Th. 50, 13; Gen. 808.
  • Hæglas and snáwas

    hails and snows,

      Bt. 39, 13; Fox 234, 16.
  • Heora wíngeardas wráðe hægle néde fornámon

    occidit in grandine vineas eorum,

      Ps. Th. 79, 47.
  • Sealde heora neát hæglum

    tradidit grandini jumenta eorum,

      77, 48.
the Anglo-Saxon rune
RUNE = h, the name of which letter is hægl
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  • RUNE byþ hwítust corna

    hail is whitest of grains,

      Hick. Thes. 135; Runic pm. 9; Kmbl. 341, 4.
  • Hægelas twegen

    two H's,

      Exon. 112 a; Th. 429, 27; Rä. 43, 11.
Similar entries
v. hagal.
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v.  hagal.
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  • hægel, n.