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hagosteald

Pronunciation: /ˈxɑ.ɡoˌstæ͜ɑld/

“hagosteald” is an Old English word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. unmarried man belonging to a royal court; young warrior
  2. bachelor
  3. young man; liegeman
  4. celibacy

adjective

  1. unmarried
  2. independent
  3. military
  4. virgin

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hagustaldaz (“unmarried man”, literally “set at the hedge”), a compound of Proto-Germanic *hagą, *hagaz, *hagô (“fence, enclosure, hedge”), from Proto-Indo-European *kagʷh- (“fence, box”) + a derivative of Proto-Germanic *stal- (“to place, set”), from Proto-Indo-European *stelə- (“stem, trunk, base”). Equivalent to haw + *stold. Cognate with Old Saxon hagastald (“servant,…

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