Old English · noun
wicg
Normalised wiċġ
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /wijj/[wid͡ʒ]
- Syllables
- wijj (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- widgehorsesteed
Meaning
-
horse, steed
Hwīlum iċ on wloncum wiċġe rīde herġes on ende; heard is mīn tunge.
Sometimes, I ride on a proud horse at the rear of an army; my tongue in hard.
c. 980, Exeter Book Riddle 80:
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wigi, from Proto-Germanic *wigją, from *weganą (“to carry”). Cognate with Old Saxon wigg, Old Norse vigg.
Descendants
widge
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