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Old English · noun

wæg

Normalised wǣġ

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/wæːj/
Syllables
wæːj (1 syllable)
Modern English
weyinsteadtransportationwaveweightscalesmeansbalance

wæg1 · noun · masculine

Senses

  1. wave

    Þǣr iċ ne ġehȳrde būtan hlimman sǣ, īscaldne wǣġ.

    There I heard nothing, but roarings of sea, an ice-cold wave.

    10th century, The Seafarer:

  2. water (as an open place / means of transportation instead of a substance)

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of wæg
SingularPlural
Nominative wǣġwǣgas
Accusative wǣġwǣgas
Genitive wǣġeswǣga
Dative wǣġewǣgum

wæg2 · noun · masculine · alternative form

Senses

  1. a wall, usually of a building

  2. alternative form of wāg

wæg3 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. a weight

  2. a balance or scales

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of wæg
SingularPlural
Nominative wǣġwǣgawǣġe
Accusative wǣġewǣgawǣġe
Genitive wǣġewǣga
Dative wǣġewǣgum

wæg4 · noun · masculine · alternative form

Senses

  1. alternative form of weġ (“a way; a road”)

Declension · strong a-stem

Declension of wæg
SingularPlural
Nominative wæġwægas
Accusative wæġwægas
Genitive wæġeswæga
Dative wæġewægum

wæg5 · verb · inflected form

Senses

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of wegan

  2. Inflected form of wegan

All forms (12)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wāg (“wave”). Cognate with Old Norse vágr (“sea”), Swedish våg (“wave”), German Woge (“wave”).

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *wajjuz.

From Proto-West Germanic *wāgu (“scales; weight”).

From Proto-Germanic *wegaz.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Descendants

wey

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