agelena

[Perhaps from Gr. ἀγέλη ( agele ) a herd.] A genus of sedentary spiders, belonging to the family Araneidæ, and the sub-family Tapitelæ of Walenaer. The pretty A. labyrinthic a makes its nest on commons, spreading its web almost horizontally over heath, furze, . *a-gelt' (1), pret. & pa. par. [A.S. agyltan = to repay.] Forfeited. "Yet had he nowt agelt his lif." Sevyn Sages, 686. *a-gelt (2), pret. [A.S. agyltan = to offend.] Offended. ( MS. Arundel.) ( Hall i well.) a-gen', adv. [O. Eng. & poetic for AGAIN (q. v.).]