Old English · noun
secg
Normalised seċġ
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong i-stem
- IPA
- /sejj/[sed͡ʒ]
- Syllables
- sejj (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- sedgesword
secg1 · noun · masculine · alternative form
Senses
-
man, warrior, hero
grēteð glīwstafum, · ġeorne ġeondsċēawað seċġa ġeseldan. · Swimmað oft on weġ.
when mind goes through memory of kinsmen, greets with mirths, eagerly looks through comrades of men. They often swim away.
þonne māga ġemynd · mōd ġeondhweorfeð, -
abbreviation of gārseċġ
Declension · strong a-stem
secg2 · noun · feminine
Senses
-
sword
Declension · strong i-stem
secg3 · noun · masculine/neuter
Senses
-
sedge
seċġ eard hæfþ oftust on fenne...
Elk-sedge has its home most often in the fen...
The Old English rune poem
Declension · strong a-stem
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“follower, companion”). Germanic cognates include Old Frisian siā, Old Saxon segg, Old Norse seggr (Norwegian segg). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin socius.
From Proto-Germanic *sagjō.
From Proto-West Germanic *sagi, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sak- (“marsh plant”) (probably related to Etymology 2). Cognate with Middle Low German segge, Dutch zegge, Russian осо́ка (osóka).
Descendants
seg, segge, sedge
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