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eglian

  • verb [ weak ]
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eglian, eglan, elan; hit egleþ, eleþ; p. ode, ade; pp, od, ad; v. trans.
chiefly used impersonally with dat. of person. To trouble, pain, grieve, AIL ; molestāre, dŏlēre
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  • Ðæt he us eglan móste

    that he could trouble us,

    • Judth. 11
      • ;
    • Thw. 24,
      • 12;
    • Jud. 185
      • .

  • Me egleþ [eleþ, MS. H.] swýðe

    it grieves me much,

    • L. Edm. S. procem
      • ;
    • Th. i. 246,
      • 22.

  • Him nǽfre syððan seó ádl ne eglode

    the illness never ailed him afterwards,

    • Guthl. 12
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 60, 8: 13
      • ;
    • Gdwin. 60,
      • 19.

  • Ðæt him stranglíce eglade

    it afflicted him severely,

    • Chr. 1086
      • ;
    • Erl. 220,
      • 33.

  • Gif men innan wyrmas eglen [eglien MS. B.]

    if worms trouble a man within,

    • Herb. 2,
      • 10;
    • Lchdm. i. 82,
      • 22.
  • [Piers P. Chauc. eylen, eilen to ail: Orm. eȝȝlenn: Plat, echeln, öcheln to be vexed, grieved at anything: Ger. ekeln: Goth. aglyan to molest, in us-aglyan.] DER, æt-eglan, ge-.
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v.  eglan elan.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eglian.” 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/9129.

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