egle

Old English

adj
Definitions
  • hideous; loathsome; hateful; horrid; troublesome; grievous; painful

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *agluz (loathsome, troublesome, painful, cumbersome, tiresome, tedious) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂egʰlo-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂egʰlo-

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