on weg
Old English
Alternative forms
- onweġ, anweġ, āweġ
Etymology
Judging by Old High German in weg, of the same meaning, the phrase might date back to Proto-West Germanic *in weg; note that the word in was replaced with on in the West Saxon dialect of Old English.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /on ˈwej/
Adverb
on weġ
- away
- c. 992, Ælfric, "St. Benedict, Abbot"
- Sē ēadiga wer cwæþ tō his ġebrōðrum, "Gāþ on weġ! Nis þis nā ūru dǣd, ac is þāra hālgena apostola."
- The blessed man told his brothers, "Go away! This [resurrecting a dead body] isn't something we do, it's an act of the holy apostles."
- c. 992, Ælfric, "St. Benedict, Abbot"
- on the/one's way
Descendants
- Middle English: away
- English: away
- Scots: awa
- Yola: awye