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Old English · noun

tungol

Part of speech
noun, masculine / neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈtun.ɡol/
[ˈtuŋ.ɡol]
Syllables
ˈtun · ɡol (2 syllables)
Modern English
planetconstellationheavenly bodystar

Meaning

  1. heavenly body; planet, star

    Þonne from fēowerum foldan sċēatum, þām ȳtemestum eorþan rīċes, englas ælbeorhte on efen blāwað bȳman on brehtme. Beofað middanġeard, hrūse under hæleþum. Hlȳdað tōsomne, trume ond torhte, wið tungla gong, singað ond swinsiaþ sūþan ond norþan, ēastan ond westan, ofer healle ġesċeaft.

    Then from the four corners of the world, from the outmost of Earth’s kingdom, all-bright angels will blow together on trumpets in one song. Middle-earth, the ground under men, will shiver. Strong and shiny, they will resound together with the path of stars, sing and bring melody from the south and from the north, from the east and from the west, over the whole creation.

    10th century, Christ III:
  2. constellation

Declension

Declension of tungol
SingularPlural
Nominative tungoltunglatunglutunglastunglan
Accusative tungoltunglantunglutunglastunglan
Genitive tunglestunglantunglatunglena
Dative tungletunglantunglum

All forms (9)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *tunglą (“heavenly body, star, orb”).

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