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Old English · noun

egesa

Normalised eġesa

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈe.je.sɑ/
Syllables
ˈe · je · sɑ (3 syllables)
Modern English
fearterrorownersource

egesa1 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. fear or terror

    Þēah þe græf wille golde strēġan brōþor his ġeborenum, byrġan be dēadum, māþmum mislīċum þæt hine mid wille, ne mæġ þǣre sāwle þe biþ synna ful gold tō ġēoce for godes eġsan, þonne hē hit ǣr hȳdeð þenden hē hēr leofað.

    Even if a brother would like to strew gold on grave for his kinsmen, to bury next to the dead with manifold riches that he would like to have with him, gold cannot be a help for this soul, who is full of sins, before the dread of God, after he first hides it while he lives here.

    10th century, The Seafarer:
  2. the source of fear or terror

Declension · weak

Declension of egesa
SingularPlural
Nominative eġesaeġesan
Accusative eġesaneġesan
Genitive eġesaneġesena
Dative eġesaneġesum

egesa2 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. owner

Declension · weak

Declension of egesa
SingularPlural
Nominative ēgesaēgesan
Accusative ēgesanēgesan
Genitive ēgesanēgesena
Dative ēgesanēgesum

All forms (8)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *agisō, extension from Proto-Germanic *agaz.

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