עָגַן (b. h.; v. עָגַם) to bend; to tie.—V. עוֹגֵין.—Part. pass. f. עֲגוּנָה tied to an absent husband, deserted wife. Y. Gitt. IV, beg. 45ᶜ שלא תהא יושבת ע׳ that she may not remain a deserted wife (prevented from marrying again); a. fr.—Pl. עֲגוּנוֹת. Ruth R. to I, 13 (ref. to תעגנה, ib.) יכולות … יושבות ע׳ לבלתי וכ׳ can you afford to sit tied, so as not to get married? Gitt. 33ᵃ, a. fr. מפני תקנת ע׳ as a measure in favor of deserted wives (that they may be enabled to marry again). Lev. R. s. 20 הרבה נשים היו יושבות ע׳ ממתינות להם many women (to whom they had made love) remained unmarried, waiting for them (to propose); Tanḥ. Aḥăré 6; a. e.—Trnsf. (of animals in the stable) left lonely. Tosef. B. Kam. VIII, 12 מהו לגדל בהמה … מקיימין את הע׳ שלשים יום how about rearing (for consumption, v. B. Kam. 80ᵃ) small cattle in Palestine?… That which remains last (after the others have been disposed of) should be kept (no more than) thirty days; B. Kam. 80ᵃ ובלבד שלא ישהה הע׳ שבהן שלשים יום (Tosef. l. c. האחרונה) provided he do not keep the last of them over thirty days.
*. - עִגֵּן to press against; to smooth. Tosef. Ter. X, 4 מְעַגֶּנֶת שערה בשערה Var. ed. Zuck. (ed. Zuck. מְעַנֶּגֶת, v. עָנַג; oth. ed. מְעַגֶּלֶת, v. עָגַל) she may smooth her own hair by rubbing it against her (the priest’s daughter’s) hair.