▪ I. † orgel, orghel, orhel, n. and a. Obs.
Forms: 1 orgel, orgol, 3 orȝel (Orm. orrȝhell), oregel, oreȝel, orhel, horhel, horel.
[OE. orgel, orgol, orȝol (whence orȝel-l{iacu}c, -l{iacu}ce in ælfred; etymology uncertain, as is the question of its relationship to the OHG. word which gave OF. orgoill, F. orgueil, ‘pride’, by which ME. orȝel, orhel, orel was superseded in the 13th c.: see orgueil.]
A. n. Pride, haughtiness.
| a 1023 Wulfstan Hom. (Napier) 148 Hwær ys..heora prass and orgol, buton on moldan beþeaht and on witum ᵹecyrred? c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 43 Woreldes richeise wecheð orgel on mannes heorte. Ibid. 191 Þe heȝe sete on heuene, þe he fel of þurgh is oreȝel. a 1225 St. Marher. 11 Ichabbe isehen his ouergart, ant his egede orhel ferliche afallet. a 1225 Ancr. R. 176 Horhel wolde awakien. Ibid. 210 Þe prude beoð his bemares..uorte makien noise—lud dream to scheauwen hore horel. |
B. adj. Proud, haughty, presumptuous.
In orȝel mod haughty mind, written in comb.
| c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 35 Ne to none heȝe, ne oreȝele men on þe wurelde wið to spekende. Ibid. 37 Alle oreȝel men, þe telleð hem seluen heiȝe. c 1200 Ormin 6262 Ȝiff þatt he þurrh orrȝhellmod Forrhoȝheþþ þe to wurrþenn. c 1250 Gen. & Ex. 3767 Ne wulde he..For orȝel pride forð ðor cumen. |
Hence † ˈorgelness, orȝelness, pride, haughtiness, hauteur.
| a 1000 Aldhelm Glosses (Napier, 31, 1108), Elationis, orᵹelnesse, creasnesse. c 1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 215 Þare teldeð ðe werse þe grune of oreȝelnesse. |
▪ II. orgel
see orgle.