wæg

See also: waeg and wäg

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *wāg (“wave”). Cognate with Old Norse vágr (“sea”), Swedish våg (“wave”), German Woge (“wave”).[1]

Alternative forms

  • wāg, wēġ — attested only in plural forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wæːj/

Noun

wǣġ m (nominative plural wǣgas)

  1. (poetic) wave
  2. (poetic) water (as an open place / means of transportation instead of a substance)
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative wǣġ wǣgas
accusative wǣġ wǣgas
genitive wǣġes wǣga
dative wǣġe wǣgum
Synonyms
  • (wave): ȳþ (the normal prose term)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *wajjuz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wæːj/

Noun

wǣġ m

  1. a wall, usually of a building
  2. alternative form of wāg

Etymology 3

From Proto-West Germanic *wāgu (“scales; weight”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wæːj/

Noun

wǣġ f

  2. a weight
  3. a balance or scales
Declension

Strong ō-stem:

singular plural
nominative wǣġ wǣga, wǣġe
accusative wǣġe wǣga, wǣġe
genitive wǣġe wǣga
dative wǣġe wǣgum
Descendants
  • Middle English: wei, weie, waie, weihe, wæȝe

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wæj/

Verb

wæġ

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of wegan

Etymology 5

From Proto-Germanic *wegaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wæj/

Noun

wæġ m

  1. alternative form of weġ (“a way; a road”)
Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative wæġ wægas
accusative wæġ wægas
genitive wæġes wæga
dative wæġe wægum

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989), “wæg”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
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