Hnygela

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hnygela

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 hnygela

, hnygele, an; m. f. A shred, clipping :-- Hnygela tomentum; seolce hnygele platum [ = placium, Som.] Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 3, 4; Wrt. Voc. 40, 37, 38. Hnyglan putamina, Cot. 152, Lye. [Cf (?) nig the clippings of money: niggling clipping: niggler a clipper, Gross's Slang Dict: see also Halliw. Dict. niggle, niggling.] hnygela

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ᚻᚾᚣᚷᛖᛚᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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