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Old English · adjective

aniege

Normalised ānīeġe

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈɑːnˌi͜yː.je/
Syllables
ˈɑːn · ˌi͜yː · je (3 syllables)
Modern English
one-eyed

Meaning

  1. one-eyed

    On blindra lande biþ sē ānīeġa cyning.

    In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.

Declension

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *ainaugī, from Proto-Germanic *ainaugijaz. Cognate with Old Saxon *ēnōgi, Old High German einougi, Old Norse eineygr. Equivalent to ān- + -īeġe.

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