ieg

Old English

Alternative forms

• ēġ, īġ

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /i͜yːj/

Noun

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

1. island
2. dry land in a marsh

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	īeġ	īeġa, īeġe
accusative	īeġe	īeġa, īeġe
genitive	īeġe	īeġa
dative	īeġe	īeġum

Derived terms

• Æþelinga īeġ (“Athelney”)
• īġeoþ
• īeġland
• Sċēapīeġ
• Sēolesīeg (“Selsey”)

Descendants

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

References

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