ieg

ieg

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

    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

    • IPA(key): /i͜yːj/
    • Rhymes: -i͜yːj

    Noun

    īeġ f (nominative plural īeġa or īeġe) (West Saxon)

    1. island
    2. dry land in a marsh

    Declension

    Strong ō-stem:

    singular plural
    nominative īeġ īeġa, īeġe
    accusative īeġe īeġa, īeġe
    genitive īeġe īeġa
    dative īeġe īeġum

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • Middle English: ei, i, ie
      • English: ey

    References