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EGLE

  • adjective
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Grammar
EGLE, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§434; §439;
Troublesome, hateful, loathsome, horrid; mŏlestus, odiōsus, infestus, turpis
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  • He him sylfum byþ egle

    he is loathsome to himself,

    Basil admn.
    • 8
    • ;
    • Norm. 50, 24: Cd. 209
    • ;
    • Th. 258,
    • 21;
    • Dan. 679
    • .
  • Gif egle wǽron

    if they were troublesome,

    • Exon. 126a
    • ;
    • Th. 485,
    • 20 ;
    • Rä. 71,
    • 16.
  • Ðý-læs sceaðan mihton egle ondsacan

    lest the horrid apostates might injure [him ],

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2297
    • ;
    • An. 1150: 2916
    • ;
    • An. 1461
    • .
  • Eglum áttor-sperum

    with horrid venomed spears,

    • Exon. 105 a
    • ;
    • Th. 399,
    • 10;
    • Rä. 18,
    • 9.
Etymology
[
Goth. agls shameful, disgraceful; aglus difficult, troublesome
.]
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v.  fonfyr.
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