aggle

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Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish ecla, from Old Irish eclae. Compare Scottish Gaelic eagal and Irish eagla.

Noun

aggle m (genitive singular aggle, plural agglyn)

  1. fear
    Ny bee aggle erriu.Don't be afraid.

Derived terms

Scots

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Norwegian alka (to dirty, defile).

Pronunciation

Noun

aggle (plural aggles)

  1. (Northern Isles) mess; confused or dirty state.
    Eftir da rain dastreen da rigs is in wan aggle o dirt.
    After the yesterday evening rain, the rigs is in a mess of dirt.

Verb

aggle (third-person singular simple present aggles, present participle agglin, simple past aggled, past participle aggled)

  1. (Northern Isles) to soil; defile; dirty
    I wiss du widna aggle dee haands i yun fish brucks.
    I wish you would not dirty the hands in those fish left-overs.
  2. (Northern Isles) to make a mess

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