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Old English · noun

wæge

Normalised wǣġe

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong ja-stem
IPA
/ˈwæː.je/
Syllables
ˈwæː · je (2 syllables)
Modern English
scalesbalanceflagoncup

wæge1 · noun · neuter

Senses

  1. cup, flagon

Declension · strong ja-stem

Declension of wæge
SingularPlural
Nominative wǣġewǣġu
Accusative wǣġewǣġu
Genitive wǣġeswǣġa
Dative wǣġewǣġum

wæge2 · noun · masculine · alternative form

Senses

  1. alternative form of wǣġ

wæge3 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. a balance, scales

    Ðǣre sunnan ġēar is ꝥ hēo beyrne þone miċlan ċircul zōdiacum, ⁊ ġecume under ǣlċ þǣra twelf tācna. Ǣlċe mōnað hēo yrnð under ān þǣra tācna. Ān þǣra tācna ys ġehāten ariēs, ꝥ is ramm; ōðer taurus, ꝥ is fearr; ðridda geminī, ꝥ synd ġetwisan; fēorða cancer, ꝥ is crabba; fīfta lēo; syxta virgō, ꝥ is mǣden; seofoða lībra, þæt is pund oððe wǣġe; eahtoðe scorpius, ꝥ is þrōwend

    A year of the sun is when she passes around the Zodiac circle and moves under each of the twelve signs. Each month runs under one of the signs. The first of the signs is called aries, that is "ram"; the second is taurus, that is "bull"; the third is gemini, that is "twins"; the fourth is cancer, that is "crab"; the fifth is lion; the sixth is virgo, that is "virgin"; the seventh is libra, that is

    c. 994, Ælfric, On the Year

Declension · weak n-stem

Declension of wæge
SingularPlural
Nominative wǣġewǣġan
Accusative wǣġanwǣġan
Genitive wǣġanwǣġena
Dative wǣġanwǣġum

All forms (7)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *waigī. Cognate with Old Norse veig (“strong drink; draught”).

From the same root as wǣġ f (“weight”).

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