Old English · noun

orlege

Normalised orleġe

Part of speech: noun, neuter
Declension: strong ja-stem
IPA: /ˈorˌle.je/
Syllables: ˈor · ˌle · je (3 syllables)
Modern English: hostility war

Meaning

war, strife; hostility

Declension

Declension of orlege
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	orleġe	orleġu
Accusative	orleġe	orleġu
Genitive	orleġes	orleġa
Dative	orleġe	orleġum

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uzlugi-, from Proto-Germanic *uz- (“out”) + *lugi-, a derivative of *leuganą (“to lie, tell a lie”). Akin to Old Frisian orloch, Old Saxon urlogi, Old High German urluogi, urliugi (“war”), Dutch oorlog (“war”), Old English lēogan (“to lie”).

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