Hagal

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hagal

According to the Old English Dictionary:

hagol, es;

hagal
m. Hail; grando :-- Hagol grando, Ælfc. Gl. 94; Som. 75, 100; Wrt. Voc. 52, 50 : Homl. Th. ii. 192, 32. Hagol cymþ of ðám réndropum ðonne hí beóþ gefrorene hail comes of the raindrops when they are frozen, Lchdm. iii. 278, 19. Rén hagal and snáw hrusan leccaþ rain, hail, and snow moisten the earth, Bt. Met. Fox 29, 127; Met. 29, 64. Mid hagole with hail, Homl. Th. ii. 350, 8. Gesihþ hreósan hrím and snáw hagle gemenged sees rime and snowfall mingled with hail, Exon. 77 a; Th. 289, 15; Wand. 48. [Laym. haȝel : Icel. hagl; n. hail; Hagall; m. the name of the rune h : O. H. Ger. hagal; m : Ger. hagel.]

Related words: hægel. hagal

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