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Old English · noun

leag

Normalised lēag

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/læ͜ɑːɡ/
[læ͜ɑːɣ]
Syllables
læ͜ɑːɡ (1 syllable)
Modern English
lyedetergentmixtureashes

Meaning

  1. lye (a mixture of ashes and water), detergent

Declension

Declension of leag
SingularPlural
Nominative lēaglēagalēage
Accusative lēagelēagalēage
Genitive lēagelēaga
Dative lēagelēagum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laugu, from Proto-Germanic *laugō.

Descendants

lye

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