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Old English · noun

eage

Normalised ēage

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈæ͜ɑː.ɡe/
[ˈæ͜ɑː.ɣe]
Syllables
ˈæ͜ɑː · ɡe (2 syllables)
Modern English
eye

Meaning

  1. eye

    ⁊ behald ðīn ēagean ⁊ ðīn ēaran

    and occupy your eyes and ears

    Sweet, Henry (1871), King Alfred's West-Saxon version of Gregory's Pastoral Care: With an English Translation, The Latin

Declension

Declension of eage
SingularPlural
Nominative ēageēagan
Accusative ēageēagan
Genitive ēaganēagena
Dative ēaganēagum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô.

Descendants

eye

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