Beag
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Beag is a noun meaning (historical) A ring.
Meaning
(historical) A ring.
Example Sentences
[...] and the description of that monarch in his anonymous Vita as coronatus lauro probably indicates a beag which was lighter than the formal diadema.
It was a mark of nobility among the German races — by some considered the origin of our coronets — and had even about it a quasi-religious character in memory of the "holy beag" (holy ring), the oath upon which was tantamount to the oath upon Thorr's hammer.
Word Forms
- beags
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include beazle, band, bead, beakhead, collar, beavertail.
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