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ÆG

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
ÆG, æig; g. asges; pl. nom. acc. ægru; g. ægra; d. ægrum, ægerum; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§275; §420;
An EGG; ovum
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  • Gifhit [cild] æges bitt

    if he ask for an egg,

    • Homl. Th. i. 250, 9
      • .

  • Ðæt æg [æig MS.] getácnaþ ðone hálgan hiht

    the egg betokens the holy hope,

    • i. 250, 11
      • .

  • Gif he bit æg si

    petierit ovum,

    • Lk. Bos. 11, 12
      • .

  • Gením hænne æges geolocan

    take the yolk of a hen's egg,

    • L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm, ii. 38, 6
      • .

  • Sceáwa nú on ánum æge, hú ðæt hwíte ne biþ gemenged to ðam geolcan, and biþ hwæðere án æg

    look now on an egg, how the white is not mingled with the yolk, and yet it is one egg,

    • Homl. Th. i. 40, 27, 28
      • .

  • On æge biþ gioleca on middan

    in on egg the yolk is in the middle,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 20, 338
      • ;
    • Met. 20, 169
      • .

  • Of ægerum

    from eggs,

    • Exon. 59a; Th. 214, 2
      • ;
    • Ph. 233
      • .

  • Ægru lecgan

    to lay eggs,

    • Som.121
      • .

  • Æges hwíte

    white of an egg.

  • Æmettan ægru gením

    take emmet's eggs,

    • L. M. 1, 87; Lchdm, ii. 156, 6
      • .
Etymology
[
Ger. ei, n.
M. H. Ger. ei, g. eies, eiges, pl. eiger, n
:
O. H. Ger. ei, g. eies, eiges, pl. eigir, a
:
Dan. äg, n
:
Swed. ägg, n
:
O. Nrs. egg, n
.]
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v.  ægerum ægru æig.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “ÆG.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/496.

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