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EÁGE

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
EÁGE, ége; gen. dat. -an; acc. -e; pl. nom. acc. -an, -on; gen. -ena, -na; dat. -um, -on; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§135; §163; §172; §211; §217; §320; §406; §407;
an EYE ; ocŭlus
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  • Gyf ðín swýðre eáge ðé ǽswície si

    ocŭlus tuus dexter scandalīzat te,

    • Mt. Bos. 5,
    • 29.
  • Mínra eégna leóht

    light of my eyes,

    • Exon. 67 a
    • ;
    • Th. 248,
    • 14;
    • Jul. 95
    • .
  • Eágena gesihþ

    the sight of the eyes.

    • Andr. Kmbl. 60
    • ;
    • An. 30
    • .
  • Eágum to wynne

    to their eye's delight.

    • Exon. 26 a
    • ;
    • Th. 76,
    • 26;
    • Cri. 1245
    • .
the eye of a needle; forāmen
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  • þurh nǽdle eáge

    per forāmen acus,

    • Mt. Bos. 19, 24: Lk. Bos. 18,
    • 25.
Etymology
[
Piers P. . eighe, pl. eighen:
Wyc. eiȝe, eȝe, iȝe, yȝe, pl. eiȝen:
Chauc. R. Glouc. eye, pl. eyen:
Laym. eȝe, pl. eȝene, æȝene:
Orm. eghe, pl. eghne, ehhne, ehne:
Scot. ee, e:
Plat, ooge, pl. aagen:
O. Sax. óga, n; pl. ógun:
O. Frs. age, ag, ach, oge, n; pl. agon :
Dut. oog, n:
Ger. auge, n:
M. H. Ger. ouge, n:
O. H. Ger. ouga, auga, n:
Goth. augo, n:
Dan. öie, n:
Swed, öga, n; pl. ögon:
Icel. auga, a:
Lat. oc-ulus, m:
Grk. ὄκος, ὄκκος , m:
Lith. akis, f:
Sansk. aksha, n
.]
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v.  ége.
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  • EÁGE, n.