egge

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See also: Egge and éggé

English

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Noun

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egge (plural egges)

  1. Obsolete spelling of egg.

Verb

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egge (third-person singular simple present egges, present participle egging, simple past and past participle egged)

  1. Obsolete spelling of egg.
    • 1571, Arthur Golding, “To the Right Honorable and His Verie Good Lord Edward de Vere Erle of Oxinford, []”, in John Calvin, translated by Arthur Golding, The Psalmes of Dauid and Others. With M. Iohn Caluin’s Commentaries, London: [] Thomas East and Henry Middelton; for Lucas Harison, and G[e]orge Byshop, →OCLC, 1st part, folio iiij, recto:
      [Y]it haue vvee one thing in our ſelues and of our ſelues, (euen originall ſinne, concupiſcence or luſt) vvhich neuer ceaſeth too egge vs and allure vs from God, and too ſtaine vs vvith all kinde of vnclennes: []
    • 1586, William Warner, “The Fourth Booke. Chapter XX.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of the Same Island: [], London: [] George Robinson [and R. Ward] for Thomas Cadman, [], →OCLC, page 86:
      The Neatreſſe longing for the reſt, did egge him on to tell / How faire ſhe vvas, and vvho ſhe vvas.

Afrikaans

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Noun

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egge

  1. plural of eg

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛɣ.ə/
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  • Hyphenation: eg‧ge

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch egge, from Old Dutch *egga, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju. Cognate to English edge.

Noun

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egge f (plural eggen or egges, diminutive eggetje n)

  1. skewed, sharp side
  2. edge
  3. corner

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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egge

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of eggen

German

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egge

  1. inflection of eggen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old English eċġ, with final vowel levelled in from the oblique cases.

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Noun

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egge (plural egges)

  1. An edge of a blade or instrument; the sharp or effective side of something.
  2. A bladed weapon; a knife, sword, or similar weapon.
  3. The edge or rim of an object, plot of land, or physical feature; the exterior border of something.
  4. The side of a troop or military formation.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • English: edge
  • Scots: edge
References
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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egge

  1. Alternative form of eg (egg)

Etymology 3

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Noun

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egge

  1. Alternative form of hegge