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Old English · noun

byge

Normalised byġe

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/ˈby.je/
Syllables
ˈby · je (2 syllables)
Modern English
curvebendstrait

Meaning

  1. curve, bend

  2. strait

Declension

Declension of byge
SingularPlural
Nominative byġebyġas
Accusative byġebyġas
Genitive byġesbyġa
Dative byġebyġum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bugī, from Proto-Germanic *bugiz. Cognate with Old High German *bugi (attested in the compound umbibugi) and Old Norse bugr → Icelandic bugur.

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