"wig" meaning in Old English

See wig in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wiːj/
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *wīg. Etymology templates: {{dercat|ang|gem-pro|ine-pro|inh=1}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*wīg}} Proto-West Germanic *wīg Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=n|g2=|g3=|head=wīġ|sort=}} wīġ n, {{ang-noun|n|head=wīġ}} wīġ n Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|wīġ|wīg}}, {{ang-decl-noun|wīġ|wīg|wīġ|wīg|wīġes|wīga|wīġe|wīgum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: wīġ [canonical, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], wīġ [nominative, singular], wīg [nominative, plural], wīġ [accusative, singular], wīg [accusative, plural], wīġes [genitive, singular], wīga [genitive, plural], wīġe [dative, singular], wīgum [dative, plural]
  1. (poetic or in compounds) war, battle Tags: in-compounds, poetic Derived forms: ānwīġ, wīġbora, wīġcræft, Wiġlāf
    Sense id: en-wig-ang-noun-ywckuaGt
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /wiːj/
Etymology: Variant of wēoh. Head templates: {{head|ang|nouns|||||g=m|g2=|g3=|head=wīġ|sort=}} wīġ m, {{ang-noun|m|head=wīġ}} wīġ m Inflection templates: {{ang-decl-noun-a-n|wīġ}}, {{ang-decl-noun|wīġ|wīġ|wīġ|wīġ|wīġes|wīġa|wīġe|wīġum|num=|title=|type=strong a-stem}} Forms: wīġ [canonical, masculine], no-table-tags [table-tags], wīġ [nominative, singular], wīġ [nominative, plural], wīġ [accusative, singular], wīġ [accusative, plural], wīġes [genitive, singular], wīġa [genitive, plural], wīġe [dative, singular], wīġum [dative, plural]
  1. idol
    Sense id: en-wig-ang-noun-5hT2XvsP
  2. (in compounds) holy, consecrated Tags: in-compounds
    Sense id: en-wig-ang-noun-3OeTMX4b Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Old English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 1 5 8 25 3 3 4 3 9 13 1 2 20 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 3 9 28 2 2 3 2 10 14 1 1 23 1 1 Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 3 13 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: wīġweorþung (english: idol-worship), wīġbed > wēofod (english: altar), wīġsmiþ (english: idol-carver)
Etymology number: 2
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wiːj/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wig"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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