cæg

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kēgaz, *kēguz (“stake, post, pole”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵogʰ-. Related to Old English cǣggian (“to lock, shut”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kæːj/

Noun

cǣġ f

  1. a key
    Saturnus sumra hæfde boca cæga: Saturn had the keys of some books. (Dialogues of Salomon and Saturn)
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