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CǼG

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
CǼG, gen. cǽge; pl. nom. acc. cǽga, cǽgia; f; cǽge, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§275; §376; §562;
A KEY ; clavis
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  • Stæfcræft is seó cǽg ðe ðæra bóca andgýtt unlýcþ

    grammar is the key that unlocketh the sense of books,

      Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. I. 23: 9, 28; Som. 11, 54: Past. 15, 2; Hat. MS. 19a, 17.
  • Ge ætbrudon ðæs ingehýdes cǽge

    tulisti clavem scientiæ,

      Lk. Bos. II, 52.
  • Saturnus sumra hæfde bóca cǽga

    Saturn had the keys of some books,

      Salm. Kmbl. 370; Sal. 184.
  • Ðé ic sylle heofona ríces cǽgia

    tibi dabo claves regni cælorum,

      Mt. Bos. 16, 19.
  • Gástes cǽgum [MS. cǽgon]

    with the keys of the spirit,

      Cd. 169; Th. 211, 11; Exod. 524.
  • Cǽgan,

      Exon. 112a; Th. 429, 29; Rä. 43, 12.
Etymology
[Chauc. key: Wyc. keie, keye: R. Glouc. keyen, pl: Frs. cay, cayce a small key: O. Frs. kei, kai, m: Wel. can to shut, inclose.]
Derived forms
DER. lioðu-cǽge, searo-cǽg.
Linked entries
v.  cǽge.
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  • CǼG, n.