Old English · noun
ecghete
Normalised eċġhete
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /ˈejjˌxe.te/[ˈed͡ʒˌhe.te]
- Syllables
- ˈejj · ˌxe · te (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- edge-hatred
Meaning
-
edge-hatred, war
Simle þrēora sum þinga ġehwylċe, ǣr his tīdeġe tō twēon weorþeð: ādl oþþe yldo oþþe eċġhete, fǣġum fromweardum feorh ōðþringeð.
One of each of three things, before his fear of the time becomes a doubt: sickness or oldness or edge-hatred will always snatch away life from doomed beyond-gores.
10th century, The Seafarer:
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From eċġ (“edge”) + hete (“hatred”).
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