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Old English · adjective

wingal

Normalised wīngāl

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈwiːnˌɡɑːl/
Syllables
ˈwiːn · ˌɡɑːl (2 syllables)
Modern English
flownintoxicatedwanton

Meaning

  1. flown with wine, wanton with wine, intoxicated

    Forþon him ġelȳfeð lȳt, sē þe āh līfes wyn ġebiden in burgum, bealosīþa hwōn, wlonc ond wīngāl, hū iċ wēriġ oft in brimlāde bīdan sċeolde.

    At first he believes a little, who has life’s mirth lasted in towns, a little of woes, proud and wine-flown, how weary I oft had to linger on the sea-road.

    10th century, The Seafarer:

Declension

All forms (10)

Etymology

From wīn (“wine”) + gāl (“wanton, lustful; wicked”).

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