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íg

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
íg, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§630;
An island
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  • Wulf is on iége ic on óðerre fæst is ðæt églond fenne biworpen sindon wælreówe weras ðǽr on íge

    the wolf is on one island, I on another; closely is that island surrounded with fen, fierce men are there on the island,

    • Exon. 100 b
    • ;
    • Th. 380, 6-11
    • ;
    • Rä.1, 4-6.
  • The word occurs in names of places:

    -- Án ígland ðæt is Meresíg háten,

    • Chr. 895
    • ;
    • Erl. 93, 24.
  • Hér hǽðne men on Sceápíge sǽtun,

    • 855
    • ;
    • Erl. 68, 23.
  • Æt Æðelinga íge, [eigge, MS. A.],

    • 878
    • ;
    • Erl. 81, 5.
  • Of Ceortesíge,

    • 964
    • ;
    • Erl. 124, 3.
  • On Beardanigge,

    • 716
    • ;
    • Erl. 44, 14.
Etymology
[
Icel. ey frequent in local names, e. g. Fær-eyjar the Faroe islands, Orkneyjar the Orkneys :
Dan. öe
:
Swed. ö.
]
Linked entries
v.  ǽg- éh- eíg eíg-land.
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  • íg, n.