ieg
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *auwju, from Proto-Germanic *awjō, originally a substantive adjective of *ahwō (“river”) ( > Old English ēa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.
Cognate with Old High German ouwa (German Aue (“meadow”)), Middle Dutch ouwe, Old Norse ey (Swedish ö). More distantly related to Latin aqua (“water”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
īeġ f (nominative plural īeġe or īeġa) (West Saxon)
Declension edit
Declension of ieg (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- John R. Clark Hall (1916) “ieg”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
- Old English to Modern English Translator