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lagu

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
lagu, lago; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §57; §320; §396;
sea, water
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  • Ðæt gelimpan sceal ðætte lagu flóweþ ofer foldan

    it shall come to pass that the sea shall flow over the earth [at the last day],

    • Exon. 115 b
      • ;
    • Th. 445, 1
      • ;
    • Dóm. 1
      • .

  • Lagu, wæter under wolcnum,

    • Beo. Th. 3265
      • ;
    • B. 1630
      • .

  • Lagu lácende

    the tossing water,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 873
      • ;
    • An. 437
      • .

  • Lyft and lagu [cf. Icel. lopt ok lögr] land ymbclyppaþ gársecg embegyrt gumena ríce

    air and sea embrace earth, ocean girds round the kingdom of men,

    • Bt. Mt. Fox 9, 72
      • ;
    • Met. 9, 40
      • .

  • Stille þynceþ lyft ofer londe and lagu swíge,

    • Exon. 101 b
      • ;
    • Th. 383, 16
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 11
      • .

  • Lagu land gefeól lyft was onhréred

    sea fell to earth, air was stirred [of the destruction of the Egyptians in the Red Sea],

    • Cd, 167
      • ;
    • Th. 208, 12
      • ;
    • Exod. 482
      • .

  • Ðá gesundrod wæs lago wið lande,

    • 8
      • ;
    • Th. 10, 27
      • ;
    • Gen. 163
      • .

  • Lago yrnende,

    • 12
      • ;
    • Th. 13, 32
      • ;
    • Gen. 211
      • .

  • Willflód ongan lytligan eft, lago ebbade

    [of the subsiding deluge],

    • 71
      • ;
    • Th. 85, 12
      • ;
    • Gen. 1413
      • .

  • Mid lande and mid loge mid wude and mid felde

    cum terra et cum aqua, cum sylva et cum agro,

    • Cd. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 202, 1
      • .

  • Under lyft ofer lagu,

    • Exon. 57 a
      • ;
    • Th. 204, 21
      • ;
    • Ph. 101
      • .

  • Á hafaþ longunge seðe on lagu fundaþ,

    • 82 a
      • ;
    • Th. 308, 30
      • ;
    • Seef. 47
      • .

  • Ne lagu dréfde ne of [on?] lyfte fleág

    it troubled not water, nor flew it in air,

    • 106 a
      • ;
    • Th. 404. 31
      • ;
    • Rä. 23, 16
      • .

  • Ic ymb síþ spræce and on lagu þence,

    • 119 a
      • ;
    • Th. 458, 9
      • ;
    • Hy. 4, 97
      • .
the name of the Rune ᛚ
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  • Lagu byþ leódum langsum geþuht gif hí sculun néðan on nacan tealtum

    water to men wearisome seemeth, if they must venture on vessel unsteady,

    • Runic pm.
    • Kmbl. 343, 19
      • ;
    • Rún. 21
      • .

  • Swá ᛚ tóglídæþ,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 2536
      • ;
    • El. 1269
      • .
Etymology
[
Goth. (see the name of Gothic 1) lagus
:
O. Sax. lagu (in cpds.)
:
Icel. lögr; m. sea, water, liquid; also name of Rune ᛚ
:
O. H. Ger. lagu name of Runic letter.
]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “lagu.” 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/21044.

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