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hrægel

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
hrægel, hrægl, es; n.
A garment, dress, robe, rail [in night-rail] clothing
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  • Gerǽwen hrægel

    segmentata vestis:

  • þicce gewefen hrægel

    pavidensis:

  • þenne gewefen hrægel

    levidensis:

  • purpuren hrægel

    clavus vel purpura:

  • feala hiwes hrægel

    polymita:

  • wógum bewerod hrægel

    ralla vel rasilis:

  • geedniwod eald hrægel

    interpola vestis:

  • geclútad hrægel

    panucla:

  • gediht hrægel

    acupicta:

  • þrýlen hrægel

    trilicis,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 63
      • ;
    • Som. 68, 99-109
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 40, 10-19.

  • Hrægl and hringas

    robe and rings,

    • Beo. Th. 2394
      • ;
    • B. 1195.

  • Sæt ðǽr sum þearfa nacod bæd hrægles and ælmessan

    a beggar sat there naked asked for a garment and an alms,

    • Blickl. Homl. 213, 33.

  • Hrægles þearfa ic mé leáfum þecce

    lacking raiment I cover me with leaves,

    • Cd. 40
      • ;
    • Th. 53, 25
      • ;
    • Gen. 866.

  • Ðisses hrægles neót

    use this robe,

    • Beo. Th. 2439
      • ;
    • B. 1217.

  • Wíf móton under brúnun hrægle tó húsle gán

    mulieribus licet sub nigro velamine eucharistiam accipere,

    • L. Ecg. C. 37
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 162, 7.

  • Wese hé hrægle gelíc

    fiat ei sicut vestimentum,

    • Ps. Th. 108, 19.

  • Mid mete and mid hrægle

    with food and clothing,

    • Blickl. Homl. 41, 29.

  • Se ðe mid ðon ánum hrægle wæs gegyrwed

    who was dressed in that one garment,

    • 169, 1.

  • On medmyclum hrægle gehealdene

    moderate in dress,

    • 185, 17.

  • Man hine forbærneþ mid his wǽpnum and hrægle

    he is burnt with his arms and clothing,

    • Ors. 1, 1
      • ;
    • Swt. 21, 8.

  • Ðæt hrægl ðe hé ǽr ðæm þearfan sealde

    the cloak that he had given to the beggar,

    • Blickl. Homl. 215, 18
      • :
    • 223, 8.

  • Ongan his hrægl teran

    began to rend his robe,

    • Judth. 12
      • ;
    • Thw. 25, 28
      • ;
    • Jud. 283.

  • Ða hwítan hrægl ðara engla

    the white robes of the angels,

    • Blickl. Homl. 121, 24.

  • Sylle earmum mannum his ealde hrægl

    let him give his old clothes to the poor,

    • 53, 13.

  • Hie hæfdon manige glengas deórwyrþra hrægla

    they had many ornaments of costly garments,

    • 99, 19.

  • Beaduscrúda betst hrægla sélest,

    • Beo. Th. 912
      • ;
    • B. 454.

  • Án cild hreglum [hræglum, MS. C.] bewunden

    infantem pannis involutum,

    • Lk. Skt. 2, 12.

  • Mid godwebbenum hræglum

    with purple raiment,

    • Blickl. Homl. 95, 20.

  • Hrægl

    spolia,

    • Ps. Spl. 67, 13.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. hreil, reil
:
O. H. Ger. hregil indumentum, coturnus; pl. trophæa, spolia.
]
Derived forms
beadu- , beód-, bréc-, frum-, fyrd-, hrycg-, mere-, set-, setl-, wíte-hrægel
Linked entries
v.  hrægl.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hrægel.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19616.

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