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hagal

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hagal, hagol, es; m.
Hail; grando
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  • Hagol

    grando,

      Ælfc. Gl. 94; Som. 75, 100; Wrt. Voc. 52, 50 : Homl. Th. ii. 192, 32.
  • Hagol cymþ of ðám réndropum ðonne hí beóþ gefrorene

    hail comes of the raindrops when they are frozen,

      Lchdm. iii. 278, 19.
  • Rén hagal and snáw hrusan leccaþ

    rain, hail, and snow moisten the earth,

      Bt. Met. Fox 29, 127; Met. 29, 64.
  • Mid hagole

    with hail,

      Homl. Th. ii. 350, 8.
  • Gesihþ hreósan hrím and snáw hagle gemenged

    sees rime and snowfall mingled with hail,

      Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 15; Wand. 48.
Etymology
[Laym. haȝel : Icel. hagl; n. hail; Hagall; m. the name of the rune h : O. H. Ger. hagal; m : Ger. hagel.]
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v. hægel.
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v.  hægel.
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