fæge

Old English

FWOTD – 16 February 2019

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *faigijaz. Cognate with Old Norse feigr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfæː.je/

Adjective

fǣġe

1. fey, doomed to die

Declension

Declension of fǣġe — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fǣġe	fǣġu, fǣġo	fǣġe
Accusative	fǣġne	fǣġe	fǣġe
Genitive	fǣġes	fǣġre	fǣġes
Dative	fǣġum	fǣġre	fǣġum
Instrumental	fǣġe	fǣġre	fǣġe
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fǣġe	fǣġa, fǣġe	fǣġu, fǣġo
Accusative	fǣġe	fǣġa, fǣġe	fǣġu, fǣġo
Genitive	fǣġra	fǣġra	fǣġra
Dative	fǣġum	fǣġum	fǣġum
Instrumental	fǣġum	fǣġum	fǣġum

Declension of fǣġe — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fǣġa	fǣġe	fǣġe
Accusative	fǣġan	fǣġan	fǣġe
Genitive	fǣġan	fǣġan	fǣġan
Dative	fǣġan	fǣġan	fǣġan
Instrumental	fǣġan	fǣġan	fǣġan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fǣġan	fǣġan	fǣġan
Accusative	fǣġan	fǣġan	fǣġan
Genitive	fǣġra, fǣġena	fǣġra, fǣġena	fǣġra, fǣġena
Dative	fǣġum	fǣġum	fǣġum
Instrumental	fǣġum	fǣġum	fǣġum

Descendants

• Middle English: fey, feye, fay, faie, veie, veye, faye, fei, vey; fæie, væie, fæy, feiȝe, vaiȝe, feaye
  • English: fey, fay
  • Scots: fey

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fæge”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.