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Old English · noun

deag

Normalised dēag

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /dæ͜ɑːɡ/
[dæ͜ɑːɣ]
Syllables: dæ͜ɑːɡ (1 syllable)
Modern English: dye tinge colour hue

deag1 · noun · feminine

Senses

colour; hue, tinge
dye

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of deag
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dēag	dēaga dēage
Accusative	dēage	dēaga dēage
Genitive	dēage	dēaga
Dative	dēage	dēagum

deag2 · verb · inflected form

Senses

first/third-person singular present indicative of dūgan
Inflected form of dūgan

All forms (4)

dēag
dēaga
dēage
dēagum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *daugu, from *daugan (“to hide”).

Descendants

dye

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