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/

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

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