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Old English · suffix

-iege

Normalised -īeġe

Part of speech
suffix
IPA
/ˈi͜yː.je/
Syllables
ˈi͜yː · je (2 syllables)
Modern English
eyed-eyed

Meaning

  1. -eyed

Declension

Strong declension of -iege
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative -īeġe-īeġu-īeġo-īeġe
Accusative -īeġne-īeġe-īeġe
Genitive -īeġes-īeġre-īeġes
Dative -īeġum-īeġre-īeġum
Instrumental -īeġe-īeġre-īeġe
Plural
Nominative -īeġe-īeġa-īeġe-īeġu-īeġo
Accusative -īeġe-īeġa-īeġe-īeġu-īeġo
Genitive -īeġra-īeġra-īeġra
Dative -īeġum-īeġum-īeġum
Instrumental -īeġum-īeġum-īeġum
Weak declension of -iege
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative -īeġa-īeġe-īeġe
Accusative -īeġan-īeġan-īeġe
Genitive -īeġan-īeġan-īeġan
Dative -īeġan-īeġan-īeġan
Instrumental -īeġan-īeġan-īeġan
Plural
Nominative -īeġan-īeġan-īeġan
Accusative -īeġan-īeġan-īeġan
Genitive -īeġra-īeġena-īeġra-īeġena-īeġra-īeġena
Dative -īeġum-īeġum-īeġum
Instrumental -īeġum-īeġum-īeġum

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic compounds ending in *-augī (i.e. *augā (“eye”) with the adjective-forming suffix *-ī). By surface analysis, ēage + -e. Cognate with Proto-Norse (augiʀ), Old Norse eygr.

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