Middle English Dictionary Entry
orgel n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | orgel n.(1) Also orȝhel, orhel, oregel, oreȝel, horhel & horel. |
| Etymology | OE orgol, orgel. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Pride, haughtiness, presumption; ~ mod, pride; ~ pride, pride, conceit.
Associated quotations
- c1175 Orm.(Jun 1)6262 : He þurrh orrȝhellmod Forrhoȝheþþ þe to wurrþenn.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)43 : Woreldes richeise wecheð orgel on mannes heorte.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)143 : Ðat..tacneð hwile heinesse of oregel þe hie hadde þo hie sinne luuede.
- a1200 Trin.Hom.(Trin-C B.14.52)191 : To men..is bi-hoten þe hege sete on heuene þe he fel of þurgh is oreȝel.
- c1225(?c1200) St.Marg.(1) (Bod 34)26/7 : Ich habbe isehen his ouergart & his egede orhel earheliche auellet.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)91/6 : Orhel [Nero: horhel; Cleo: oreȝel] walde awakenin, þet is þe measte dredfule secnesse of alle.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)109/6 : Þe bemeres..makieð noise & lud dream to schawin hare orhel [Cai: prude].
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)115/17 : Heo..leapeð in orhel [Nero: horel; Cleo: orgel].
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)146/11 : Hu egede is orhel [Cai: awantinge].
- a1325(c1250) Gen.& Ex.(Corp-C 444)3767 : Ne wulde he, dathan, ne abiron, For orgel-pride forð ðor cumen.