wæg

See also: waeg and wäg

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *wāg (“wave”). Cognate with Old Norse vágr (“sea”), Swedish våg (“wave”), German Woge (“wave”).

Alternative forms

• wāg, wēġ — attested only in plural forms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæːj/

Noun

wǣġ m (nominative plural wǣgas)

1. (poetic) wave
   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     Þǣr iċ ne ġehȳrde būtan hlimman sǣ, īscaldne wǣġ.

     There I heard nothing, but roarings of sea, an ice-cold wave.

2. (poetic) water (as an open place / means of transportation instead of a substance)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wǣġ	wǣgas
accusative	wǣġ	wǣgas
genitive	wǣġes	wǣga
dative	wǣġe	wǣgum

Synonyms

• (wave): ȳþ (the normal prose term)

Derived terms

• wǣġholm

Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *wajjuz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæːj/

Noun

wǣġ m

1. a wall, usually of a building
2. alternative form of wāg

Etymology 3

From Proto-West Germanic *wāgu (“scales; weight”).

Alternative forms

• wǣġe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæːj/

Noun

wǣġ f

2. a weight
3. a balance or scales

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wǣġ	wǣga, wǣġe
accusative	wǣġe	wǣga, wǣġe
genitive	wǣġe	wǣga
dative	wǣġe	wǣgum

Descendants

• Middle English: wei, weie, waie, weihe, wæȝe
  • English: wey

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæj/

Verb

wæġ

1. first/third-person singular preterite of wegan

Etymology 5

From Proto-Germanic *wegaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wæj/

Noun

wæġ m

1. alternative form of weġ (“a way; a road”)

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wæġ	wægas
accusative	wæġ	wægas
genitive	wæġes	wæga
dative	wæġe	wægum