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ENGEL

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
ENGEL, ængel, angel, engyl; gen. engles; dat. engle; pl. nom. acc. englas, engel; gen. engla; dat. englum; m. An ANGEL, a messenger; angelus = ἄγγελος
Wright's OE grammar
§221; §289; §338; §340;
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  • Se engel him to cwæþ

    dixit illis angĕlus,

    • Lk. Bos. 2, 10: 1, 13 : Mt. Bos. 28, 5 : Gen. 22,
    • 12.
  • Godes engel stód on emn hí

    the angel of God stood before them,

    • Homl. Th. i. 30, 15, 17: Mt. Bos. 1, 20, 24: Jn. Bos. 5,
    • 4.
  • Ðæt mæg engel ðín eáþ geferan

    that thine angel may more easily travel.

    • Andr. Kmbl. 387
    • ;
    • An. 194
    • .
  • Þurh ðæs engles word

    through the angel's word,

    • Exon. 20a
    • ;
    • Th. 51,
    • 31;
    • Cri. 824: 34b
    • ;
    • Th. 110,
    • 11;
    • Gú. 106: Salm. Kmbl. 901
    • ;
    • Sal. 450: Homl. Th. i. 30,
    • 22.
  • He ðam engle oncwæþ

    he spake to the angel,

    • Cd. 141
    • ;
    • Th. 176,
    • 12 ;
    • Gen. 2910: Lk. Bos. 2,
    • 13.
  • God sent his engel befóran ðé

    Dómĭnus mittet angĕlum suum córam te,

    • Gen. 24, 7: 16,
    • 7.
  • Máran cýððe habbaþ englas to Gode ðonne men

    angels are more like God than men.

    • Homl. Th. i. 10,
    • 3.
  • Englas bláwaþ býman

    angels shall blow the trumpet,

    • Exon. 20b
    • ;
    • Th. 55,
    • 9;
    • Cri. 881: 14a
    • ;
    • Th. 28,
    • 17;
    • Cri. 448
    • .
  • Cómon twegen englas

    venērunt duo angĕli,

    • Gen. 19, 1, 12,
    • 15.
  • Be-heóldon ðæt [MS. ðær] engel Dryhtnes ealle

    all the angels of the Lord beheld it,

    Rood
    • Kmbl. 18
    • ;
    • Kr. 9
    • .
  • Hér sindon nigon engla werod

    here are nine hosts of angels,

    • Homl. Th. i. 10, 14: 12, 8 : Elen. Kmbl. 2559
    • ;
    • El. 1281
    • .
  • Engla ríce

    the kingdom of angels,

    • 2460
    • ;
    • El. 1231
    • .
  • Engla beorhtast

    brightest of angels,

    • Exon. 9b
    • ;
    • Th. 7,
    • 21;
    • Cri. 104
    • .
  • Gif ðú in heofonríce habban wille eard mid englum

    if thou wilt have in heaven's realm a dwelling with angels,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1240
    • ;
    • El. 622: Andr. Kmbl. 1197
    • ;
    • An. 599: 3440
    • ;
    • An. 1724
    • .
  • Mid hys englum

    cum angelis suis,

    • Mt. Bos. 16,
    • 27.
  • Englas God worhte, ða sind gástas, and nabbaþ nǽnne líchaman

    God created angels, which are spirits, and have no body,

    • Homl. Th. i. 276,
    • 1.
  • Mannes sunu sent his englas

    mittet fīlius hŏmĭnis angĕlos suos.

    • Mt. Bos. 13, 41: Mk. Bos. 13,
    • 27.
Etymology
[
Wyc. aungel:
Chauc. aungel:
Laym. engles, pl:
Orm. enngell:
O. Sax. engil, m:
Frs. ingel:
O. Frs. angel, angl, engel, m:
Dut. Ger. M. H. Ger. engel, m:
O. H. Ger. engil, m:
Goth. aggilus, m:
Dan. engel, m. f:
Swed. engel, m:
Icel. engill, m:
Lat. angĕlus, m:
Grk. ἄγγελος , m. f. a messenger, angel
.]
Derived forms
heáh-engel, heofon-, up-
Linked entries
v.  ængel Angel angel Angle englas engyl.
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  • ENGEL, n.