aggle

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish ecla (compare Scottish Gaelic eagal, Irish eagla).

Noun

aggle m (genitive singular aggle, plural agglyn)

fear

Derived terms

Scots

Pronunciation

(Insular) IPA^(key): /aɡl/, /ʌɡl/

Noun

aggle (plural aggles)

(Shetland, Orkney) A mess; a confused or dirty state.

Verb

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

(Shetland, Orkney) to soil; defile
(Shetland, Orkney) to make a mess

References

Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.

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