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[edit] English

Eggs in a nest.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕg, IPA: /ɛg/, /eɪg/, SAMPA: /Eg/

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  Rhymes: -ɛɡ

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajjam, by Holtzmann's Law from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

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egg (plural eggs)

1. (zoology, countable) An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, snakes, insects and other animals housing the embryo during its development.
2. (countable) The egg of a domestic fowl as an item of food.
3. (uncountable) The contents of one or more (hen's usually) eggs as a culinary ingredient, etc.

   I also determine the minimal amount of egg required to make good mayonnaise.

4. (biology, countable) The female primary cell, the ovum.
5. (mildly pejorative, slang) A woman of Caucasian (Western) nature, who has a desire to learn and immerse herself in the Asian Culture.
6. (British) An injury on one's head, normally large or noticeable.

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to egg (third-person singular simple present eggs, present participle egging, simple past and past participle egged)

1. To throw eggs at.
2. To dip in or coat with beaten egg (cooking).

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• caviar
• roe

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Norse eggja (“‘to edge’”).

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to egg (third-person singular simple present eggs, present participle egging, simple past and past participle egged)

1. (obsolete except in egg on) To encourage, incite.

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• egg on

[edit] Faroese

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajjam, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

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• IPA: [ɛgː]

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egg n.

1. egg

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egg f.

1. blade, edge
2. border, edge of a cliff

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[edit] Icelandic

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• IPA: [ˈɛɡ̊ː]

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Norse egg, from from Proto-Germanic *ajjam, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm. Cognate with Old English ǣġ (English egg); Swedish ägg; Old High German ei (German Ei).

[edit] Noun

egg n. (genitive singular eggs, plural egg)

1. (zoology) an egg
2. an oval shaped object
3. the ovum

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• (ovum): eggfruma f.

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• eggjahvíta
• eggjarauða
• eggjasalad
• eggjaskurn
• páskaegg

[edit] Etymology 2

From the Old Norse word egg, which came from Proto-Germanic *agjō which came from Proto-Indo-European *ak-yā-, ultimately from **ak- (“‘sharp, pointed’”).

Cognates include Old Frisian egg, Old Saxon eggia (Dutch egge); Old English ecg (English edge); Old High German egga (German Ecke); Swedish egg).

The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin aciēs (“‘edge, sharpness’”), Greek ἀκίς (“‘point’”).

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egg f. (genitive singular eggjar, plural eggjar) egg f. (eggj-ar, egg-jar)

1. (weapons) the sharp edge of a knife, sword, or similar
2. a sharp edge on a mountain

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• (sharp edge): blað n.
• (mountain): fjallsegg f.

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• fjallsegg

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• með oddi og egg/með oddi og eggju

[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajjam, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

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egg n.

1. egg

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egg n. (genitive plural eggja)

1. egg

[edit] References

• “egg” in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic

[edit] Swedish

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• Homophones: ägg

[edit] Noun

egg c.

1. The sharp edge of a cutting tool.