halge
Middle English edit
Adjective edit
halge
- (chiefly Early Middle English) Alternative form of holy (sacred)
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *hailagā.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hālġe f
Usage notes edit
- The table below shows the inherited distribution of g, with palatalization between original front vowels. At the time palatalization occurred, the nominative singular would been *hālægǣ [ˈhɑː.læ.ɣæː], with a medial *æ that was later syncopated creating the environment for palatalization. Meanwhile, the genitive plural would have been *hālægōnā [ˈhɑː.læ.ɣoː.nɑː]—or possibly *hālæganā [ˈhɑː.læ.ɣɑ.nɑː], with the short *a already leveled in from the masculine n-stem declension. In either case, the genitive plural would not have been palatalized.[1]
Declension edit
Declension of halge (weak)
Coordinate terms edit
References edit
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 154