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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)
- fear
- Ny bee aggle erriu. ― Don't be afraid.
Derived terms
Scots
Etymology
Compare Norwegian alka (“to dirty, defile”).
Pronunciation
Noun
aggle (plural aggles)
- (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)
- (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.
- (Northern Isles) to make a mess
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