asega

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aiwasagō; compare Old High German ēwasago, Old Saxon ēosago. By surface analysis, ā (“law”) +‎ sega (“speaker”). Compare Old Norse lǫgmaðr, which seems to refer to a similar office.

Noun

āsega m

1. lawman, lawspeaker

Declension

Declension of āsega (masculine n-stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	āsega	āsega
genitive	āsega	āsegana, āsegena
dative	āsega	āsegum, āsegem
accusative	āsega	āsega

Derived terms

• āsegabōk

 

Descendants

• → Middle Low German: asege, asige
• → Middle Dutch: asige, asyge, aysige, asege
  • Dutch: azig, azing