egle

Latgalian

Noun

egle f

1. spruce

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *agluz (“cumbersome, tedious, tiresome”), from Proto-Indo-European *agʰlo-, *agʰ- (“repulsive, offensive, hateful”).

Adjective

aġle

1. Hideous; loathsome; hateful; horrid; troublesome; grievous; painful.

Related terms

• eġlan

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Old French

Etymology

Latin aquila, with a change of gender from feminine to masculine

Noun

egle m (oblique plural egles, nominative singular egles, nominative plural egle)

1. eagle (bird)

Descendants

• English: eagle
• Middle English: egle

Last modified on 16 February 2013, at 10:50