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
-
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: -
the source of fear or terror
Declension · weak
egesa2 · noun · masculine
Senses
-
owner
Declension · weak
All forms (8)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *agisō, extension from Proto-Germanic *agaz.
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