egg

See also: Egg

Contents

EnglishEdit

Chicken eggs in a nest

An egg being cooked for food

An Easter egg made of chocolate and caramel

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: ĕg, IPA^(key): /ɛɡ/
• (also) enPR: āg, IPA^(key): /eɪɡ/ (some Canadian and US accents)

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡ

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle English egge, from Old Norse egg (“egg”), from Proto-Germanic *ajją (“egg”) (by Holtzmann's law), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”). Cognate with Icelandic egg (“egg”), Faroese egg (“egg”), Norwegian egg (“egg”), Swedish ägg (“egg”), Danish æg (“egg”). The native English ey (plural eyren), akin to Dutch ei (plural eieren) and German Ei (plural Eier) and ultimately from the same Proto-Germanic root, survived into the 16th century before being fully displaced by egg. More at ey.

NounEdit

egg (plural eggs)

1. (zoology, countable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, reptiles, insects and other animals, housing the embryo during its development.
2. (countable, uncountable) The egg of a domestic fowl (especially a hen) or its contents, used as food.

   I also determine the minimal amount of egg required to make good mayonnaise.

   We made a big omelette with three eggs.

   The farmer offered me some fresh eggs, but I told him I was allergic to egg.

3. (biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum.
   • 2013 May-June, Katrina G. Claw, “Rapid Evolution in Eggs and Sperm”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3:

     Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.

4. Anything shaped like an egg, such as an Easter egg or a chocolate egg.
5. A swelling on one's head, usually large or noticeable, associated with an injury.
6. (slang, mildly derogatory, potentially offensive) A Caucasian who behaves as if they were (East) Asian (from being "white" outside and "yellow" inside).
7. (New Zealand, derogatory) A foolish or obnoxious person.

   Shut up, you egg!

8. (informal) A person, fellow.

   good egg

   bad egg

   tough egg

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from egg

• bad egg
• boiled egg
• coddled egg
• cuckoo's egg
• curate's egg
• don't put all your eggs in one basket
• Easter egg
• egg and spoon race
• egg beaters
• egg cup
• egg flip

• egg-nog, eggnog
• egg on one's face
• egg-shell, eggshell
• eggs in moonshine
• egg tart
• egg-timer
• egg white
• egg yolk
• fried egg
• golden egg
• good egg

• go suck an egg
• kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
• lay an egg
• nest egg
• poached egg
• power-egg
• scrambled egg, scrambled eggs
• sure as eggs is eggs
• with egg on one's face
• yoni egg

TranslationsEdit

See egg/translations § Noun.

VerbEdit

egg (third-person singular simple present eggs, present participle egging, simple past and past participle egged)

1. To throw eggs at.
2. To dip in or coat with beaten egg (cooking).
3. To distort a circular cross-section (as in a tube) to an elliptical or oval shape, either inadvertently or intentionally.

   After I cut the tubing, I found that I had slightly egged it in the vise.

TranslationsEdit

to throw eggs at

• Finnish: heittää kananmunilla
• French: jeter des oeufs
• Greek: παίρνω με τ' αβγά (paírno me t' avgá)

• Lithuanian: apmėtyti kiaušiniais
• Portuguese: jogar ovos em
• Swahili: yai (sw)

to dip in or coat with beaten egg

• Finnish: kastaa kananmunaan, voidella kananmunalla

• Swahili: yai (sw)

See alsoEdit

• caviar
• roe

Etymology 2Edit

From Middle English eggen, from Old Norse eggja (“to incite”), from egg (“edge”).

VerbEdit

egg (third-person singular simple present eggs, present participle egging, simple past and past participle egged)

2. (transitive, obsolete except in egg on) To encourage, incite.
   • 14th c., William Langland, Piers Plowman, Passus 1,^[1]

     Þerinne wonieth a wiȝte · þat wronge is yhote

     Fader of falshed · and founded it hym-selue

     Adam and Eue · he egged to ille

     Conseilled caym · to kullen his brother

   • 1571, Arthur Golding, The Psalmes of David and others. With M. John Calvins Commentaries, “Epistle Dedicatorie,”^[2]

     […] yit have wee one thing in our selves and of our selves (even originall sinne, concupiscence or lust) which never ceaseth too egge us and allure us from God […]

Derived termsEdit

• egg on
• over-egg

TranslationsEdit

to encourage

• Bulgarian: подбуждам, подтиквам (podbuždam, podtikvam)
• Danish: ægge (da)
• Faroese: eggja
• Finnish: yllyttää (fi)

• Greek: προτρέπω (el) (protrépo)
• Slovak: nabádať
• Spanish: incitar (es), empujar (es)
• Swahili: yai (sw)

AnagramsEdit

• GGE, Geg, geg

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FaroeseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ɛkː]

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

NounEdit

egg n (genitive singular egs, plural egg)

1. egg

DeclensionEdit

n23	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	egg	eggið	egg	eggini
Accusative	egg	eggið	egg	eggini
Dative	eggi	egginum	egg(j)um	egg(j)unum
Genitive	egs	egsins	eggja	eggjanna

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from egg

• antaregg
• eggjahvíti
• eggjakoppur
• eggjakøka

• eggjareyði
• eggjaskal
• froskaegg
• gásaregg

• harðkókað egg
• høsnaregg
• páskaregg
• sjokulátuegg

Etymology 2Edit

From the Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

NounEdit

egg f (genitive singular eggjar, plural eggjar)

1. blade, edge
2. border, edge of a cliff

DeclensionEdit

f8	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	egg	eggin	eggjar	eggjarnar
Accusative	egg	eggina	eggjar	eggjarnar
Dative	egg	eggini	eggjum	eggjunum
Genitive	eggjar	eggjarinnar	eggja	eggjanna

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GermanEdit

VerbEdit

egg

1. Imperative singular of eggen.
2. (colloquial)  First-person singular present of eggen.

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IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛkː/
• Rhymes: -ɛkː

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Cognate with Old English ǣġ (obsolete English ey); Swedish ägg; Old High German ei (German Ei).

NounEdit

egg n (genitive singular eggs, nominative plural egg)

1. (zoology) an egg
2. an oval shaped object
3. the ovum

DeclensionEdit

declension of egg

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	egg	eggið	egg	eggin
accusative	egg	eggið	egg	eggin
dative	eggi	egginu	eggjum	eggjunum
genitive	eggs	eggsins	eggja	eggjanna

SynonymsEdit

• (ovum): eggfruma f

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from egg

• arnaregg (“eagle's egg”)
• dúfuegg (“dove's egg”)
• eggjahvíta (“egg white”)
• eggjarauða, eggjablómi (“egg yolk”)
• eggjasalad

• eggjaskurn
• hrafnsegg (“raven's egg”)
• höggormsegg (“snake's egg”)
• kríuegg
• liggja á eggjum (“to brood, sit on eggs”)

• páskaegg
• verpa eggi (“to lay an egg”)
• álptaregg (“swan's egg”)
• æðaregg (“eider duck's egg”)

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

Cognates include Old Frisian egg, Old Saxon eggia, Dutch egge; Old English ecg (English edge); Old High German egga (German Ecke); Swedish egg.

The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin aciēs (“edge, sharpness”), Ancient Greek ἀκίς (akís, “point”).

NounEdit

egg f (genitive singular eggjar, nominative plural eggjar)

1. (weaponry) the sharp edge of a knife, sword, or similar
2. a sharp edge on a mountain

DeclensionEdit

declension of egg

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	egg	eggin	eggjar	eggjarnar
accusative	egg	eggina	eggjar	eggjarnar
dative	egg	egginni	eggjum	eggjunum
genitive	eggjar	eggjarinnar	eggja	eggjanna

SynonymsEdit

• (sharp edge): blað
• (mountain): fjallsegg

Derived termsEdit

• fjallsegg
• með oddi og egg/með oddi og eggju

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Middle EnglishEdit

NounEdit

egg

1. Alternative form of egge (“egg”)

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse egg n, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

NounEdit

egg n (definite singular egget, indefinite plural egg, definite plural egga or eggene)

1. an egg

   et kokt egg ― a boiled egg

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from egg

• eggehvite
• eggekvite
• eggeplomme

• eggerøre
• eggstokk

• påskeegg
• speilegg

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse egg f

NounEdit

egg f, m (definite singular egga or eggen, indefinite plural egger, definite plural eggene)

1. (cutting) edge (e.g. of a knife)

ReferencesEdit

• “egg” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “egg_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “egg_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡː/ (example of pronunciation)

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse egg n, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Akin to English egg.

NounEdit

egg n (definite singular egget, indefinite plural egg, definite plural egga)

1. an egg

Derived termsEdit

• eggekvite
• eggeplomme
• eggstokk

• påskeegg
• speilegg

Etymology 2Edit

From Old Norse egg f. Akin to English edge.

NounEdit

egg f, m (definite singular egga or eggen, indefinite plural egger or eggar, definite plural eggene or eggane)

1. an edge (the thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument, such as an ax, knife, sword, or scythe)

ReferencesEdit

• “egg” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old NorseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

NounEdit

egg n (genitive eggs, plural egg)

1. egg

DescendantsEdit

• Icelandic: egg
• Faroese: egg
• Norwegian: egg
• Old Swedish: æg
  • Swedish: ägg
• Danish: æg
• → Middle English: egge
  • English: egg
    • Jamaican Creole: eg
  • Scots: eg, egg

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Germanic *agjō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

NounEdit

egg f (genitive eggjar, plural eggjar)

2. edge (of a blade)

DescendantsEdit

• Icelandic: egg
• Faroese: egg
• Norwegian: egg (Bokmål), egg (Nynorsk)
• Old Swedish: eg
  • Swedish: egg
• Danish: æg

ReferencesEdit

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[3], Oxford: Clarendon Press

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SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *agjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡː/
• Homophone: ägg

NounEdit

egg c

1. The sharp edge of a cutting tool.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of egg
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	egg	eggen	eggar	eggarna
Genitive	eggs	eggens	eggars	eggarnas

Related termsEdit

Terms related to egg

• egga (“to stimulate; to encourage somebody to do a specific action”)
• eggelse
• eggjärn
• eggredskap

• eggskydd
• eggstål
• eggvapen
• eggvass

• eggverktyg
• knivsegg
• yxegg

ReferencesEdit

• egg in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)