† onglen.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ongle.

Etymology: < Middle French ongle talon of a bird of prey (early 12th cent. in Old French), claw of a wild animal (1121–34), fingernail (c1130) < classical Latin ungula hoof, claw, talon (see ungula n.). Compare ungle n.In quot. c1436 at sense 1 the phrase to seuen the ongle is a mistranslation of Anglo-Norman sur le vngle (see discussion s.v. on the nail at nail n. Phrases 3).

Obsolete.

1. A fingernail.In quot. used in to seuen the ongle: to pay on the nail; to pay in full.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > nail > [noun] > finger nail

hand naileOE

fingernaila1250

onglec1436

the ten commandments?1544

talons1594

unguicule1694

flesh-spades1749

c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 107 Ȝif [printed zif] on merchaunt selle his merchaundise to an other merchaunt for to payen at short day or fresshly to suyn the ongle [Fr. sur le vngle] [etc.].

2. A claw.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > foot with claws > talon or claw

clawa700

clivera1000

naillOE

cleafre?c1225

cleche?c1225

crook?c1225

clutchc1230

cleec1250

pawc1330

cromea1400

clawrec1400

pouncea1475

talons?a1475

ungle1481

ongle1484

gripe1578

sere1606

unce1609

pouncer1704

unguisc1790

griff1820

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope i. xviii The lyon..within his clawes or ongles he tooke the rat.

1646 J. Howell Lustra Ludovici 70 The Leopard who..useth to teare his image with his ongles and teeth.

1648 F. Nethersole Parables upon Times 13 The Eagle,..and..the Lyon,..the one had parted with his tallons, the other with his teeth and ongles.

Derivatives

† ongled adj. [after Middle French onglé (14th cent. in heraldic use)] Obsolete rare = unguled adj.

ΚΠ

?1503–5 H. Watson tr. Valentine & Orson (1937) 61 Whan they were in the fielde valentine toke his shielde and hanged it about his necke, in the whiche was a harte ongled and dented with sable.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ongle
释义	† onglen. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French ongle. Etymology: < Middle French ongle talon of a bird of prey (early 12th cent. in Old French), claw of a wild animal (1121–34), fingernail (c1130) < classical Latin ungula hoof, claw, talon (see ungula n.). Compare ungle n.In quot. c1436 at sense 1 the phrase to seuen the ongle is a mistranslation of Anglo-Norman sur le vngle (see discussion s.v. on the nail at nail n. Phrases 3). Obsolete. 1. A fingernail.In quot. used in to seuen the ongle: to pay on the nail; to pay in full. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > nail > [noun] > finger nail hand naileOE fingernaila1250 onglec1436 the ten commandments?1544 talons1594 unguicule1694 flesh-spades1749 c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 107 Ȝif [printed zif] on merchaunt selle his merchaundise to an other merchaunt for to payen at short day or fresshly to suyn the ongle [Fr. sur le vngle] [etc.]. 2. A claw. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > foot with claws > talon or claw clawa700 clivera1000 naillOE cleafre?c1225 cleche?c1225 crook?c1225 clutchc1230 cleec1250 pawc1330 cromea1400 clawrec1400 pouncea1475 talons?a1475 ungle1481 ongle1484 gripe1578 sere1606 unce1609 pouncer1704 unguisc1790 griff1820 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope i. xviii The lyon..within his clawes or ongles he tooke the rat. 1646 J. Howell Lustra Ludovici 70 The Leopard who..useth to teare his image with his ongles and teeth. 1648 F. Nethersole Parables upon Times 13 The Eagle,..and..the Lyon,..the one had parted with his tallons, the other with his teeth and ongles. Derivatives † ongled adj. [after Middle French onglé (14th cent. in heraldic use)] Obsolete rare = unguled adj. ΚΠ ?1503–5 H. Watson tr. Valentine & Orson (1937) 61 Whan they were in the fielde valentine toke his shielde and hanged it about his necke, in the whiche was a harte ongled and dented with sable. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1436
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