wæg

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See also: waeg and wäg

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave”). Cognate with Old Norse vágr (“sea”), Swedish våg (“wave”), German Woge (“wave”).[1]

Alternative forms

  • wāg, wēġ — attested only in plural forms
  • ƿǣġ — wynn spelling

Pronunciation

Noun

wǣġ m (nominative plural wǣgas)

  1. wave; water as an open place / means of transportation instead of a substance
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Alternative forms

  • ƿæġ — wynn spelling

Pronunciation

Verb

wæġ

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of wegan

Etymology 3

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *wajjuz.

Alternative forms

  • ƿǣġ — wynn spelling

Pronunciation

Noun

wǣġ m

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

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “wæg”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
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