æmyrge

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *aimuzjǭ.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈæː.myr.je/, [ˈæː.myrˠ.je]

Noun

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ǣmyrġe f

  1. ember
    • c. 9th century, Bald's Leechbook, published in Leechdoms, wortcunning, and starcraft of early England. Being a collection of documents, for the most part never before printed, illustrating the history of science in this country before the Norman conquest (1865, London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green), edited and with translations by Oswald Cockayne, volume 3, page 30
      Ġif se uīc weonðe on mannes setle geseten, þonne nim ðu clātan moran þa grēatan .III. oððe .IIII. ⁊ berēc hȳ on hāte ǣmerġean...
      If the "fig"-swelling becomes lodged on a man's rump, then take three or four of the great roots of burdock and smoke them on the hot embers...

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: embre, eymbre, aymer, eymere, emeri

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