ieg

Old English

Alternative forms

• ēġ, īġ

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *awjō, originally a substantive adjective of *ahwō (“river”) ( > Old Old English ēa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. Cognate with Old High German ouwa (German Aue (“meadow”)), Middle Dutch ouwe, Old Norse ey (Swedish ö). More distantly related to Latin aqua (“water”), and its descendants: Italian acqua, Spanish agua and French eau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i͜yːj/

Noun

īeġ f (nominative plural īeġe or īeġa) (West Saxon)

1. island

Declension

Declension of īeġ (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	īeġ	īeġa, īeġe
accusative	īeġe	īeġa, īeġe
genitive	īeġe	īeġa
dative	īeġe	īeġum

Derived terms

• īġeoþ m
• īeġland n
• Sċēapīeġ f

Descendants

• Middle English: ei, i, ie
  • English: ey
• ⇒ Old English: īġoþ
  • Middle English: eyt
    • English: eyot, ait
• ⇒ Old English: īeġland, īġland
  • Middle English: yland, iland
    • English: island

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) “ieg”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan
• Old English to Modern English Translator