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á-gǽlan

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Dele
v. intrans. . . . esse,
and add:
to make gál (q. v.), to profane, v. tó-gǽlan
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  • Ne ic ne besmíte ł ágǽele míne ge-kýðnesse

    neque profanabo testamentum meum

    ,
      Ps. L. 88, 35.
to neglect, delay doing
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  • Se sláwa ágǽlð and forielt ðæt weorc ðe him niédðearf wǽre tó wyrceanne

    piger necessaria agere negligit

    ,
      Past. 283, 25.

  • Ic ágǽlde þæt tó mínre sáwle frætwum belumpe,

      Angl. xi. 98, 29: 99, 63.

  • Ic ágélda (forgýmde

    above the line

    ), xii.
      510, 19.

  • Þá gyt ágǽlde hé hyt and hyt him ne sǽde,

      Shrn. 98, 13.
  • Sé his ferweme oððe hit ágéle. Cht. Th. 476, 2.
to hinder from doing something (gen. )
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  • Ágǽleþ

    inpedit

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 48, 8.

  • Hí þone Godes man his horses bereáfodon and hine his síðes ágǽldon,

      Gr. D. 15, 17.

  • Gif hé hine ágǽlde Godes þeówdómes

    if he hindered himself from doing God's service

    ,
      Bl. H. 23, 17.
, to hinder by diverting a person's energies,
to pre-occupy
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  • Swá eall ꝥ folc wearþ mid him ánum ágǽled, þæt hié þæs wealles náne giéman ne dydon,

      Ors. 3, 9; S. 134, 20.
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v.  a-gálan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “á-gǽlan.” 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/38248.

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