Elig
Old English
editEtymology
editUnknown. Often derived in folk etymologies from ǣl (“eel”).
Proper noun
editĒlīg
- Ely, a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire
Declension
editThe dative form is usually endingless, being identical to the nominative singular as Ēlīg.
Declension of Ēlīg (strong ō-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | Ēlīg | — |
accusative | Ēlīge | — |
genitive | Ēlīge | — |
dative | Ēlīge | — |
Further reading
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Élíg”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.