Meagol

Old English Dictionary Entry

Meagol

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: megol; Related words: 331, 5. Mandryhten holdne gegrétte meaglum wordum

Definitions

1 meagol

adj. Earnest, strenuous, firm :-- Ðæt ic Gode and Sancta Marian meaglum móde on éce yrfe geseald hæbbe what I, with mind immovable, have given as a perpetual inheritance to God and St. Mary (cf. the form 'Ego donationem indeclinabiliter consensi,' 322, 6), Cod. Dip. Kmbl. the lord (Hygelac) greeted his liege (Beowulf, on his return) with earnest words, gave him a hearty greeting, Beo. Th. 3964; B. 1980: Exon. 43 a; Th. 146, 8; Gú. 706. Fugla cyn hine weorþedon meaglum stefnum, 46 a; Th. 157, 13; Gú. 892: 60 b; Th. 221, 22; Ph. 338. and following words. meagol

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ᛗᛠᚷᚩᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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