æg

See also: äg, æg-, aeg, Appendix:Variations of "ag", and Appendix:Variations of "eg"

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛːɡ/, [ɛːˀɡ̊], [ɛjˀ], [ɛwˀ]
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Etymology 1

From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Noun

æg n (singular definite ægget, plural indefinite æg)

  1. egg
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse egg (“edge”), from Proto-Germanic *agjō (“edge”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”).

Noun

æg c (singular definite æggen, plural indefinite ægge)

  1. edge of a blade
Declension

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ajjaz, West Germanic variant of *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Compare Old Saxon and Old High German ei, Old Norse egg (whence modern English egg was borrowed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æːj/

Noun

ǣġ n (nominative plural ǣġru)

  1. egg
    Ðæt æg getacnaþ ðone halgan hiht. The egg signals the sacred hope. (Ælfric’s Homilies)

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajją.

Noun

æg n

  1. egg

Declension

Descendants

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