segge

Middle Dutch

Verb

segge

inflection of seggen:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. first- and third-person singular present subjunctive

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English seċġ (“sedge”), from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“sedge”).

Alternative forms

secg, seg, cegge, sege

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛdʒ/

Noun

segge (plural segges)

A sedge (a plant of the family Cyperaceae, especially the genus Carex)
The sliced stems of sedges.

Descendants

English: sedge
Scots: seg

References

“seǧǧe (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-24.

Etymology 2

From Old English seċġ (“man”), from Proto-Germanic *sagjaz (“fighter”).

Alternative forms

seg, sege, sæg, seghe, seegge

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɛdʒ/, /sɛːdʒ/
(Northern ME) IPA^(key): /sɛɡ/

Noun

segge (plural segges)

A person; an individual.

Descendants

English: seg, segge
Scots: seg

References

“seǧǧe (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-24.

Etymology 3

From Old French sege, siege.

Noun

segge

Alternative form of sege

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