wæg

See also: waeg and wäg

Old English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms
  • ƿǣġ

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wæːj/

Noun

wǣġ m (nominative plural wǣgas)

  1. wave; water as an open place / means of transportation instead of a substance
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inflected forms.

Alternative forms
  • ƿæġ

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wæj/

Verb

wæġ

  1. First-person singular preterite of wegan
  2. Third-person singular preterite of wegan

Etymology 3

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *wajjuz.

Alternative forms
  • ƿǣġ

Noun

wǣġ m

  1. A wall, usually of a building
  2. Alternative form of wāg

References
  1. Kluge, Friedrich (1989), Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN
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