wæg
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Old English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *wāg (“wave”). Cognate with Old Norse vágr (“sea”), Swedish våg (“wave”), German Woge (“wave”).[1]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
wǣġ m (nominative plural wǣgas)
Declension[edit]
Declension of wæg (strong a-stem)
Synonyms[edit]
- (wave): ȳþ (the normal prose term)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Possibly from Proto-Germanic *wajjuz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
wǣġ m
Etymology 3[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *wāgu (“scales; weight”).
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
wǣġ f
Declension[edit]
Declension of wæg (strong ō-stem)
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
wæġ
Etymology 5[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *wegaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
wæġ m
Declension[edit]
Declension of wæg (strong a-stem)
References[edit]
- ^ 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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- Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weǵʰ-