Old English · noun
dæge
Normalised dǣġe
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- weak n-stem
- IPA
- /ˈdæː.je/
- Syllables
- ˈdæː · je (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- dairydeydaideideyedairymaidcharge
dæge1 · noun · feminine
Senses
-
female servant
-
woman in charge of a dairy; dey, dairymaid
Declension · weak n-stem
dæge2 · noun · inflected form
Senses
-
dative singular of dæġ
-
Inflected form of dæġ
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *daigijǭ (“kneader”): cognate with Old Norse deigja (“female servant”).
Inflected forms.
Descendants
dai, dairy, dei, dey, deye
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