orgol

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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orgol f[1]

  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)
  2. arrogance

Declension

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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

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: orgel, orgul

References

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  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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