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ECG

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ECG, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§375;
An EDGE, a sharpness, blade, sword; ăcies, acūmen, glādius, ferrum
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  • On sweordes ecge

    on the edge of the sword,

    • Lk. Bos. 21,
    • 24.
  • Hyne ecg fornam

    the sword had destroyed him,

    • Beo. Th. 5538
    • ;
    • B. 2772
    • .
  • Ecg was íren

    the edge was iron,

    • 5549
    • ;
    • B. 2778
    • .
  • Ecg grymetode

    the blade rang.

    • Cd. 162
    • ;
    • Th. 203,
    • 24;
    • Exod. 408
    • .
  • Ecga [MS. ecge] mihton helpan æt hilde

    swords might help in battle.

    • Beo. Th. 5360
    • ;
    • B. 2683: 5649
    • ;
    • B. 2828
    • .
  • Mid gryrum ecga

    with terrors of swords,

    • 971
    • ;
    • B. 483
    • .
  • Æscum and ecgum

    with spears and swords,

    • 3548
    • ;
    • B. 1772
    • .
  • Billa ecgum

    with edges of bills,

    • Cd. 210
    • ;
    • Th. 260,
    • 14;
    • Dan. 709
    • .
Etymology
[
Wyc. egge:
Laym. egge, agge:
Orm. egge:
Plat. egge, f:
O. Sax. eggia, f:
Frs. ig:
O. Frs. eg, ig, f:
Kil. egghe, f:
Ger. M. H. Ger. ecke, f: eck, n:
O. H. Ger. ekka, f:
Dan. eg, m. f:
Swed. egg, m:
Icel. egg, f:
Lat. ăcies, acūmen:
Grk. ἀκή, ἀκίς, ἀκμή:
Sansk. aśri, f. ăcies, ensis
.]
Derived forms
brún-ecg, heard-, stíþ-, stýl-, twý-
Full form

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  • ECG, n.