makies eggia
Old Saxon
editEtymology
editFrom māki + eggia. Has a parallel in Old English mǣċes eċġ, possibly stemming from Proto-West Germanic *mākijas aggju, with an analog in Old Norse mækis egg. Compare swerdes eggia.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmākies eggia f
- (poetic) "sword's edge"
- w:Heliand, verse 2806a-7b:
- manno thene māreostan mākeas eggiun / hōƀdu bihauwan
- [he] heaved off the head of the most blessed of men with the sword's edge.
- w:Heliand, verse 2806a-7b: