orgol

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Old English

Alternative forms

orgel, orgello, oregel, orgellu, orhel, horel

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uʀgōllju (“pride, arrogance”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈorˌɡol/

Noun

orgol f^[1]

pride
- Wulfst. 148, 32.
  1. Hwǽr is heora prass and orgol búton on moldan beþeaht and on wítum gecyrred? ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- O. E. Homl. ii. 43, 17.
  1. Woreldes richeise wecheð orgel on mannes heorte. ― World's riches raise pride in man's heart.
- Angl. xi. 98, 28.
  1. Ic ondette . . . unnyttes gylpes bígong, and ídle glengas, uncyste and ídelre oferhygde orgello, ― (please add an English translation of this quotation)
arrogance

Declension

Declension of orgol

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	orgol	orgele, orgle
accusative	orgol	orgele, orgle
genitive	orgele, orgle	orgela, orgla
dative	orgele, orgle	orgelum, orglum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: orgel, orgul

References

^ Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “orgel”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[1] Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “orgel”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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