▪ I. † ˈangard, n. Obs.
4–5; also 4 ongart, 5 ogart, angerd.
[Of uncertain derivation. It looks like a perversion of ON. ágjarn ambitious, insolent, ágirnd, ambition, insolence; cf. also mod.Icel. gort, ‘brag, vainglorious boast,’ not in ON., and of unknown origin.]
Brag, boastfulness, arrogance.
| a 1325 Metr. Hom. 49 Her may ye alle ensampel tak Ongart and rosing to forsak. c 1340 Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 681 For angardeȝ pryde. c 1400 Destr. Troy xxiv. 9745 If vs aun⁓trid, Vlyxes, thurgh angard of pride..Hit was folly, by my faith. c 1440 Morte Arth. 1661 Ane erle þane in angerd answeres hym sone. c 1470 Henry Wallace x. 155 For thi ogart othir thow sall de, or in presoun byd. |
▪ II. † ˈangard, a. Obs. rare.
[Cf. ON. ágjarn, ambitious, insolent, greedy: see prec.]
Proud, arrogant. (App. sometimes confused with angered.)
| c 1400 Destr. Troy xii. 5015 Angers me full euyll your angard desyre. ? a 1450 MS. Ashmole No. 44. 40 (Halliw.) Thire athils of Atenes, ther angard clerkis..red over the pistille. |