aghill ( h silent)

[A.S. cœthel = noble.] Noble. [ÆTHEL.) "Knew the kynd and the curses of the clere sternys Of Articus the aghill , Treaires, and othere Of the folde and of the firmament." Romance of Alexander (Stevens on ed.), 29. *agh'-lich ( gh guttural or mute), a. [A.S. æglæc, aglæc = misery, torment, wickedne , mischief; ægleca, ægleca, æglæcea, eglæca , aglæcea = a wretch, a miscreant, from ag = wickedne .] Fearful, dreadful, terrible. * "Ther hales in at the halle-dor an aghlich mayster." Syr Gawayne, p. 8. aght, v.t. [AGH.]