ieg

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Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *auwju, from Proto-Germanic *awjō, originally a substantive adjective of *ahwō (river) ( > 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).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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

  1. island
  2. dry land in a marsh

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Middle English: ei, i, ie
    • English: ey

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