witge

Old English

Alternative forms

• wīteġe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wītagā. Cognate with Old High German wīzaga. Equivalent to wītga +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːt.je/

Noun

wītġe f

1. female equivalent of wītga

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	wītġe	wītgan
accusative	wītgan	wītgan
genitive	wītgan	wītgena
dative	wītgan	wītgum

Synonyms

• wītġestre

Coordinate terms

• wītga

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “WĪTGE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.