† tagletagiltagylv.

Etymology: Known in northern Middle English only in Hampole; apparently the same as modern Scots taigle v. Probably of Scandinavian origin, and cognate with Swedish dialect (Bornholm) taggla to disarrange, bring into disorder. In the quots. from the Prose Treatises of Hampole only tagil , tagyl are cited. In the Psalter (ed. Bramley 1884), in Psalm xxxix. 16, 2 manuscripts, including N., which best represents the original, have tagild ; 8 later manuscripts have tangild , -gyld , -glyd , -glid , -gled , -geled . In the Psalter, Abacuc 31, MS. N. again has tagild ; 3 manuscripts have takyld , takild , 2 tackid , 2 tangild , tanglid . Evidently, tagild was the original word, takild perhaps a scribal, and tangild a nasalized phonetic variant. Tagil appears to be preserved in the Scots taigle v.; the nasalized form remains in tangle v.¹