angenga

Meaning

1. lone traveler, solitary walker; loner

   Þā tungolwītgan ġesāwon nīewne steorran beorhtne, nā on heofonum betwēox ōðrum tunglum, ac wæs āngenġa betwēox heofonum and eorðan.

   The astrologers saw a bright new star, not in the sky among the others, but a lone wanderer between heaven and earth.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Epiphany of the Lord"

2. a rogue or solitary animal

   Hit ġelamp, þā þā sēo ormǣte miċelnes his orfes on þǣre dūne lǣswode, þæt sum mōdiġ fearr wearþ āngenġa and þǣre heorde drāfe oferhogode.

   One time, when his massive herd of cattle was grazing on the mountain, an unruly bull went rogue and scorned the herd.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "Dedication of the Church of St. Michael the Archangel"

Declension