cæg in Old English

IPA: /kæːj/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *kaiju. Etymology templates: {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*kaiju}} Proto-West Germanic *kaiju Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=f|g2=|g3=|head=cǣġ|head2=|sort=}} cǣġ f, {{ang-noun|f|head=cǣġ}} cǣġ f Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-o-f|cǣġ}}, {{ang-decl-noun|cǣġ|cǣġa,cǣġe|cǣġe|cǣġa,cǣġe|cǣġe|cǣġa|cǣġe|cǣġum|num=|title=|type=strong ō-stem}} Forms: cǣġ [canonical, feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], cǣġ [nominative, singular], cǣġa [nominative, plural], cǣġe [nominative, plural], cǣġe [accusative, singular], cǣġa [accusative, plural], cǣġe [accusative, plural], cǣġe [genitive, singular], cǣġa [genitive, plural], cǣġe [dative, singular], cǣġum [dative, plural], cǣġe [alternative]

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}

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"cæg" meaning in Old English

Noun