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Old English · adjective

oriege

Normalised orīeġe

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈorˌi͜yː.je/
Syllables
ˈor · ˌi͜yː · je (3 syllables)
Modern English
out of sightoutsight

Meaning

  1. out of sight

    Sē þe þēof ġefēhþ, hē āh tīen sċillingas and sē cyning þone þēof, and þā mǣgas him swerien āðas unfǣhþa. Ġif hē þonne oþrinne and orīeġe weorðe, þonne biþ hē wītes sċyldiġ.

    If someone catches a thief, they will be awarded ten shillings and the thief will be given up to the king, and the thief's relatives will swear not to seek vengeance against the captor. If however the thief runs away and gets out of sight, then the captor will be liable for a fine.

    c. 694, Laws of King Ine

Declension

Strong declension of oriege
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative orīeġeorīeġuorīeġoorīeġe
Accusative orīeġneorīeġeorīeġe
Genitive orīeġesorīeġreorīeġes
Dative orīeġumorīeġreorīeġum
Instrumental orīeġeorīeġreorīeġe
Plural
Nominative orīeġeorīeġaorīeġeorīeġuorīeġo
Accusative orīeġeorīeġaorīeġeorīeġuorīeġo
Genitive orīeġraorīeġraorīeġra
Dative orīeġumorīeġumorīeġum
Instrumental orīeġumorīeġumorīeġum
Weak declension of oriege
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative orīeġaorīeġeorīeġe
Accusative orīeġanorīeġanorīeġe
Genitive orīeġanorīeġanorīeġan
Dative orīeġanorīeġanorīeġan
Instrumental orīeġanorīeġanorīeġan
Plural
Nominative orīeġanorīeġanorīeġan
Accusative orīeġanorīeġanorīeġan
Genitive orīeġraorīeġenaorīeġraorīeġenaorīeġraorīeġena
Dative orīeġumorīeġumorīeġum
Instrumental orīeġumorīeġumorīeġum

All forms (11)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *uzaugī. Cognate with Old High German urougi. Equivalent to or- + -īeġe, literally meaning “out of eyes.” The word could have originally been modeled after a Proto-Germanic phrase *uz augammaz, cf. Modern German aus den Augen (“out of sight,” lit. “out of the eyes”).

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