Old English · adjective
egle
Normalised eġle
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈej.le/
- Syllables
- ˈej · le (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- hideoushorridtroublesomeailloathsomegrievous
Meaning
-
hideous; loathsome; hateful; horrid; troublesome; grievous; painful
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | eġle | eġlueġlo | eġle |
| Accusative | eġelne | eġle | eġle |
| Genitive | eġles | eġelre | eġles |
| Dative | eġlum | eġelre | eġlum |
| Instrumental | eġle | eġelre | eġle |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | eġle | eġlaeġle | eġlueġlo |
| Accusative | eġle | eġlaeġle | eġlueġlo |
| Genitive | eġelra | eġelra | eġelra |
| Dative | eġlum | eġlum | eġlum |
| Instrumental | eġlum | eġlum | eġlum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | eġla | eġle | eġle |
| Accusative | eġlan | eġlan | eġle |
| Genitive | eġlan | eġlan | eġlan |
| Dative | eġlan | eġlan | eġlan |
| Instrumental | eġlan | eġlan | eġlan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | eġlan | eġlan | eġlan |
| Accusative | eġlan | eġlan | eġlan |
| Genitive | eġelraeġlena | eġelraeġlena | eġelraeġlena |
| Dative | eġlum | eġlum | eġlum |
| Instrumental | eġlum | eġlum | eġlum |
All forms (11)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *agluz (“cumbersome, tedious, tiresome”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰlo-, *h₂egʰ- (“repulsive, offensive, hateful”).
Descendants
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