Old English · noun

lecg

Normalised leċġ

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /lejj/
[led͡ʒ]
Syllables: lejj (1 syllable)
Modern English: ledge crossbar possibly hilt part weapon

Meaning

some part of a weapon, possibly the crossbar in the hilt

Declension

Declension of lecg
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	leċġ	leċġa leċġe
Accusative	leċġe	leċġa leċġe
Genitive	leċġe	leċġa
Dative	leċġe	leċġum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laggju, from Proto-Germanic *lagjō (“layer, ledge”). Cognate with Middle High German legge, lecke (“position, layer, tier”).

Descendants

ledge

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