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Angilbert, Saint (sh) and gnarl(2) (iou)


Angilbert, Saint (sh)




born §ã 740, Aachen, kingdom of the Franks
died Feb. 18, 814, Centula, Picardy

Frankish poet and prelate at the court of Charlemagne.

Of a noble family, he was educated at the palace school at Aachen and was a student of Alcuin. In 800 he accompanied Charlemagne to Rome. He was made lay abbot of Centula (St.-Riquier), Picardy, in 794. His graceful and sophisticated Latin poems offer a picture of life in the imperial circle. Charlemagne's daughter Bertha and Angilbert were the parents of the historian Nithard.


gnarl(2) (iou)



gnarl noun. [n¨»:l] E19.
[Back-form. from GNARLED. Cf. KNARL, KNURL noun.]
A contorted knotty protuberance, esp. on a tree.