Old English · noun
engel
Normalised enġel
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈen.jel/[ˈen.d͡ʒel]
- Syllables
- ˈen · jel (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- angel
Meaning
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angel
Slǣp þū swōte. Iċ hopiġe þæt þē mǣte be englum.
Sleep well. I hope you dream about angels.
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *angil, borrowed from Latin angelus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).
Descendants
angel
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