Old English · noun

ege

Normalised eġe

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong i-stem
IPA: /ˈe.je/
Syllables: ˈe · je (2 syllables)
Modern English: fear awe ey

ege1 · noun · masculine

Senses

fear
awe

Eġe is twyfeald, and ðēowdom is twyfeald.

Awe is twofold, and service is twofold.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

Declension · strong i-stem

Declension of ege
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	eġe	eġas
Accusative	eġe	eġas
Genitive	eġes	eġa
Dative	eġe	eġum

ege2 · noun · neuter · alternative form

Senses

alternative form of ēage

Declension · weak

Declension of ege
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ēge	ēgan
Accusative	ēge	ēgan
Genitive	ēgan	ēgena
Dative	ēgan	ēgum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *agi, from Proto-Germanic *agaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂égʰos. Cognate with Old Norse agi, Gothic (agis, “fear”), Ancient Greek ἄχος (ákhos, “pain”).

Anglian variant of ēage.

Descendants

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