Old English Dictionary Entry

BELGAN

Part of speech: ic belge, ðu bilgst, bilhst, he bilgþ, bilhþ, bylgþ, Related words: reflex. acc. To cause oneself to swell with anger, to make oneself angry, irritate oneself, enrage oneself

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1 BELGAN

pl. belgaþ; p. ic, he bealg, bealh, ðú bulge, pl. bulgon; pp. bolgen. I. ira se tumefacere, se irritare, se exasperare :-- Nelle ðú on écnesse ðé áwa belgan non in æternum indignaberis, Ps. Th. 102, 9. Ic bidde ðæt ðú ðé ne belge wið me ne, quæso, indigneris, Gen. 18, 30. Bealg hine swíðe folc-ágende the people's lord irritated himself greatly, Exon. 68 a ; Th. 253, 25; Jul. 185. II. intrans. To swell with anger, to be angry, to be enraged; ira tumere, indignari, irasci :-- Ge belgaþ wið me mihi indignamini, Jn. Bos. 7, 23. [O. Sax. belgan, balg; pp. bolgan irasci, indignari : N. H. Ger. balgen pugnis certare : O. H. Ger. belgan tumere, irasci.] DER. a-belgan, ge-, bolgen-mód. belgan

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Ger.: German
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Exon.: Exeter Book
Gen.: Genesis (OE poem)
Jn.: Gospel of St. John (OE translation)
Jul.: Juliana (OE poem by Cynewulf)
Ps.: Psalms (OE)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)

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