eage

Middle French

Alternative forms

aage, age

Noun

eage m (plural eages)

age (amount of time something has existed)

Old English

Alternative forms

ēġe (Anglian)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *augô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- (“eye, to see”). Compare Old Frisian āge, Old Dutch and Old Saxon ōga, Old High German ouga, Old Norse auga, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæːɑ̯ɣe/, /ˈæːɑ̯jə/

Noun

ēage n (nominative plural ēagan)

eye
- Exeter Book:
  Eagum to wynne
  to their eyes' delight

Declension

Declension of eage (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ēage	ēagan
accusative	ēage	ēagan
genitive	ēagan	ēagena
dative	ēagan	ēagum

Derived terms

Descendants

Middle English: eie, yȝe, ye, yë, yghe, eye, eȝhe, eȝe, eighe, eyghe, eyȝe
- English: eye
- Scots: ee

Old French

Noun

eage m (oblique plural eages, nominative singular eages, nominative plural eage)

Alternative form of aage

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