ieg

Old English

Alternative forms

ēġ, īġ

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *auwju, from Proto-Germanic *awjō, originally a substantive adjective of *ahwō (“river”) ( > Old English ēa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂.

Cognate with Old High German ouwa (German Aue (“meadow”)), Middle Dutch ouwe, Old Norse ey (Swedish ö). More distantly related to Latin aqua (“water”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i͜yːj/

Noun

īeġ f (nominative plural īeġe or īeġa) (West Saxon)

island
dry land in a marsh

Declension

Declension of ieg (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	īeġ	īeġa, īeġe
accusative	īeġe	īeġa, īeġe
genitive	īeġe	īeġa
dative	īeġe	īeġum

Derived terms

īġeoþ m
īeġland n
Sċēapīeġ f

Descendants

Middle English: ei, i, ie
- English: ey
⇒ Old English: igeoþ, iġoþ, iġgoþ, iġgaþ
- Middle English: eyt, æit, ait
  - English: eyot, ait

References

John R. Clark Hall (1916), “ieg”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
Old English to Modern English Translator