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Old English · noun

cæg

Normalised cǣġ

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/kæːj/
Syllables
kæːj (1 syllable)
Modern English
key

Meaning

  1. key

    […] Saturn had […] the keys of some books […]

    The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn […] Saturnus sumra hæfde […] bōca cǣġa […]

Declension

Declension of cæg
SingularPlural
Nominative cǣġcǣġacǣġe
Accusative cǣġecǣġacǣġe
Genitive cǣġecǣġa
Dative cǣġecǣġum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kaiju.

Descendants

key

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