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Old English · noun

heahweg

Normalised hēahweġ

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈxæ͜ɑːxˌwej/
[ˈhæ͜ɑːxˌwej]
Syllables
ˈxæ͜ɑːx · ˌwej (2 syllables)
Modern English
townsmainhighway

Meaning

  1. main road, road between towns

Declension

Declension of heahweg
SingularPlural
Nominative hēahweġhēahwegas
Accusative hēahweġhēahwegas
Genitive hēahweġeshēahwega
Dative hēahweġehēahwegum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From hēah + weġ.

Descendants

highway

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