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Old English · noun

hwæg

Normalised hwǣġ

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/xwæːj/
[ʍæːj]
Syllables
xwæːj (1 syllable)
Modern English
wheywhig

Meaning

  1. whey

Declension

Declension of hwæg
SingularPlural
Nominative hwǣġhwǣġ
Accusative hwǣġhwǣġ
Genitive hwǣġeshwǣġa
Dative hwǣġehwǣġum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hwajją, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- (“to pile up, build”).

Descendants

whey, whig

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