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tungol

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
tungol, (-ul, -el), tungl, es; generally neuter, but pl. tunglas occurs: tungla, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§111; §219; §289; §347; §348; §563;
a heavenly body
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  • Tungel

    sidus,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 41, 54.

  • Mænig tungul máran ymbhwyrft hafaþ on heofonum,

      Met. 28, 20.

  • Saturnes steorra wandraþ ofer óþrum steorrum ufor ðonne ǽnig óþer tungol,

      Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 14.

  • Swá heofenes tunglu

    sicut astra coeli,

      Deut. 10, 22.

  • Sume tunglu habbaþ scyrtran hwyrft ðonne sume habban, swá swá tunglu habbaþ ðe wé hátaþ wǽnes ðisla,

      Bt. 39, 3; Fox 214, 17-19, 22.

  • Tungl,

      Met. 28, 6, 12.

  • Men sǽdon ðæt heofones tungul (

    astra

    ) hiora yfel flugon,
      Ors. 1, 8; Swt. 42, 24.

  • Tungol,

      Exon. Th. 58, 12; Cri. 934: 204, 12; Ph. 96.

  • Tunglan

    lumina,

      Hpt. Gl. 446, 23: Boutr. Scrd. 18, 31.

  • Þás tunglan

    haec sidera,

      Ælfc. Gr. 14; Zup. 90, 5.

  • Tunglan nǽron gesceapene ǽr on ðam feórðan dæge. On ðam feórðan dæge gesette se Ælmihtiga ealle tungla,

      Homl. Th. i. 100, 7-9.

  • Saturnus yfmest is eallra tungla,

      Met. 24, 20.

  • Se móna is ealra tungla nyþemest, Boutr. Scrd. 18, 38.

    Astronomia,

    ðæt ys tungla gang,
      Shrn. 152, 14.

  • Æþelast tungla (

    the sun

    ),
      Exon. Th. 204, 6; Ph. 93.

  • Under tunglum

    on earth,

      Andr. Kmbl. 3; An. 2.

  • Beheald ða tunglu ðæs heán heofnes,

      Bt. 39, 13; Fox 232, 25: Met. 29, 4.

  • Tungl,

      28, 5.

  • Tungel,

      Cd. Th. 132, 8; Gen. 2190.
a heavenly body other than sun or moon, a star
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  • Seó sunne and se móna and ealle tunglan (tungla,

      MS. R.), Lchdm. iii. 246, 23.

  • Gewíteþ sunne and móna and eal tungla leóht áspringeþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 91, 23.

  • Sunnan . . . mónan . . . tunglena (

    siderum

    ),
      Hymn. Surt. 22, 29.

  • Féran mid ðære sunnan betwyx ðám tunglum,

      Bt. 36, 2; Fox 174, 11.

  • Sunnan leóma torht ofer tunglas,

      Exon. Th. 7, 26; Cri. 107.
a planet (including the sun and moon)
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  • Ða seofon dweligendan tunglan (cf. steorran, 26) . . . Þone yfemestan héton ða hǽþenan Saturnus . . . Se feórða is seó sunne . . . Se seofoþa is se móna,

      Boutr. Scrd. 18, 29-38, 41.

  • Tungel (

    Saturn

    ),
      Met. 24, 23.

  • Tungol (

    the sun

    ),
      Exon. Th. 350, 25; Sch. 69: Chr. 937; Erl. 112, 14.

  • Æðele tungol (

    Venus

    ),
      Met. 29, 32.

  • Móna, gǽstlíc tungol,

      Exon. Th. 44, 7; Cri. 699.

  • Habbaþ æðele tungol emne gedǽled dæg and nihte, . . . sunne and móna . . . þa wlitegan tungl,

      Met. 29, 35-39.
  • Ða mǽran tungl, 9.
a fixed star
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  • Seó tunglena heofon,

      Boutr. Scrd. 18, 24, 28.
a group of stars, a constellation, division of the zodiac
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  • Arthon hátte án tungol on norðdǽle, se hæfþ seofon steorran . . . ðone hátaþ lǽwede menn carles wǽn. Se ne gǽð nǽfre ádúne under ðyssere eorðan, swá swá óðre tunglan (tungla,

      MS. R.) dóð . . .
    óðer tungel is on súðdǽle ðysum gelíc, Lchdm. iii. 270, 9-15.

  • Ðé is nú cúð ðes mónan færeld, on hwilcum tungle hé nú is oððe on hwilce hé ðanon géð,

      Shrn. 173, 1.

  • Under ðam circule (

    the zodiac

    ) yrnð seó sunne and se móna and ða twelf tunglena tácna,
      Lchdm. iii. 242, 3.

  • Hys geár is ðæt hé underyrne ealle ða twelf tunglan,

      248, 21, 5.
Etymology
[Goth. tuggl (uf tugglam, Gal. 4, 3; cf. under tunglum, Andr. Kmbl. 3; An. 2): O. Sax. tungal: O. H. Ger. zungal: Icel. tungl and tungli (wk.) the moon: Swed. tungel the moon.]
Similar entries
v. æðel-, heofon-, rodor-tungol.
Linked entries
v.  tungel tungl.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tungol.” 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/31142.

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