orgol

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈorˌɡol/

Noun

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
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
  • orgellīc
  • orgelnes
  • orgelword

Descendants
  • Middle English: orgel, orgul

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