ieg

== Old English == === Alternative forms === ēġ, īġ === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *auwju, from Proto-Germanic *awjō, originally a substantive adjective of *ahwō (“river”) ( > Old English ēa), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. Cognate with Old High German ouwa (German Aue (“meadow”)), Middle Dutch ouwe, Old Norse ey (Swedish ö). More distantly related to Latin aqua (“water”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /i͜yːj/ === Noun === īeġ f (nominative plural īeġa or īeġe) (West Saxon) island dry land in a marsh ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== Æþelinga īeġ (“Athelney”) īġeoþ īeġland Sċēapīeġ Sēolesīeg (“Selsey”) ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: ei, i, ie English: ey === References === John R. Clark Hall (1916), “ieg”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan Old English to Modern English Translator