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EGE

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
EGE, æge, eige, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§55; §320; §386; §419;
Fear, terror, dread, AWE; tĭmor, terror, formīdo
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  • Eorþcynincgum se ege standeþ

    terribĭli ăpŭd rēges terræ,

    • Ps. Th. 75,
      • 9.

  • On ðǽm dagum wæs mycel ege fram ðǽm wífmannan

    in those days there was a great dread of these women,

    • Ors. 1,
      • 10;
    • Bos. 33, 26: Bt. Met. Fox 1,
      • 143;
    • Met. 1. 72
      • .

  • Ege Drihtnes

    tĭmor Domĭni,

    • Ps. Spl. 18,
      • 10.

  • Beó eówer ege and óga ofer ealle nítenu

    terror vester ac trĕmor sit sŭper cuncta anĭmālia terræ.

    • Gen. 9,
      • 2.

  • Nis me ege mannes for áhwæðer

    non timēbo quid făciat mĭhi hŏmo,

    • Ps. Th. 55, 4: 117,
      • 6.

  • Wearþ hit swá mycel æge fram ðam here

    there was so great awe of the army,

    • Chr. 1006
      • ;
    • Erl. 140,
      • 31.

  • Gefeallaþ [MS. gefeællæþ] ofer hí eige and fyrhto

    fear and dread shall fall upon them,

    • Cant. Moys. Ex. 15,
      • 19;
    • Thw. 30,
      • 19.

  • Ða Bryttas mid mycclum ege flugon to Lunden-byrig

    the Britons fled to London in great terror,

    • Chr. 456
      • ;
    • Erl. 13, 29: 823
      • ;
    • Erl. 63,
      • 24.

  • Ná ðú ondrǽdst fram ege nihtlícum

    non timēbis a tĭmōre nocturno,

    • Ps. Spl. 90, 5: Ps. Th. 118, 38: Bd. 5,
      • 13;
    • S. 632,
      • 24.

  • Ðu hæfdest eorþlícne ege

    thou hadst earthly awe,

    • Homl. Th. i. 596, 8: Ors. 3,
      • 9;
    • Bos. 64,
      • 9.

  • Syleþ eallum mete, ðám ðe his ege habbaþ

    escam dĕdit timentĭbus se,

    • Ps. Th. 110, 3: 59,
      • 4.

  • Ðe him Metodes ege, on his dǽdum, Drihten forhtaþ

    qui tĭmet Dŏmĭnum,

    • 127,
      • 5.
  • [Laym, eȝe, eiȝe, eie, æie, m. awe, dread, anger: Orm. eȝȝe: M. H. Ger. ege, f: O. H. Ger. egi, agi, m. terror: Goth. agei, f: Dan. ave, m. f: Icel. agi, m. terror, discipline.
Derived forms
tíd-ege
Linked entries
v.  æge eige.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “EGE.” 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/9092.

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