Old English · noun
dolg
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /dolɡ/[doɫɣ]
- Syllables
- dolɡ (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- gashwoundscar
Meaning
-
wound, gash
…ac mē eċġa dolg ēacen weorðað þurh dēaðsleġe dagum and nihtum.
…but for me wounds of edges become widened through deathblows by days and nights.
10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 5: -
scar
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *dolg, from Proto-Germanic *dulgą. Cognate with Old Frisian dolch, Old High German tolg.
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