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ATOL

  • adjective
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Grammar
ATOL, atul, atel, eatol ; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§430;
Dire, terrific, terrible, horrid, foul, loathsome; dirus, atrox, terribilis, horridus, fœ́dus, teter
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  • Atol æglǽca

    the dire miscreant,

    • Beo. Th. 1188
      • ;
    • B. 592
      • :
    • Andr. Kmbl. 2625
      • ;
    • An. 1314
      • .

  • Atol is ðín onseóu

    horrid is thine aspect,

    • Cd. 214; Th. 268, 26
      • ;
    • Sat. 61
      • .

  • Atol mid égum

    terrific with his eyes,

    • 229 ; Th. 310, 18
      • ;
    • Sat. 728
      • .

  • Atol ýða gewealc

    the terrible rolling of the waves,

    • 166 ; Th. 206, 21
      • ;
    • Exod. 455
      • :
    • Beo. Th. 1700
      • ;
    • B. 848
      • :
    • Exon. 81 b; Th. 306, 11
      • ;
    • Seef. 6
      • .

  • Se atola

    the horrid one [the devil],

    • Cd. 222; Th. 290, 10
      • ;
    • Sat. 413
      • .

  • In ðeossum atolan ǽðele

    in this horrid country,

    • 215; Th. 271, 20
      • ;
    • Sat. 108
      • .

  • Atole gástas

    horrid ghosts,

    • 214; Th. 268, 7
      • ;
    • Sat. 51
      • .

  • Gúþrinc geféng atolan clommum

    the warrior seized in her horrid clutches,

    • Beo. Th. 3008
      • ;
    • B. 1502
      • .
Etymology
[
Orm. atell foul, corrupt
:
O. Nrs. atall, ötul fierce; atrox
.]
Derived forms
atelic
Linked entries
v.  atel atul eatol.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ATOL.” 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/2567.

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