cæg

See also:caeg

Old English

Alternative forms

• cǣġe

Etymology

FromProto-West Germanic*kaiju.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kæːj/

Noun

cǣġf

1. key
   • Saturnus sumra hæfde bōcacǣġa―Saturn had the keys of some books.(Dialogues of Salomon and Saturn)

Declension

Declension ofcǣġ(strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cǣġ	cǣġa,cǣġe
accusative	cǣġe	cǣġa,cǣġe
genitive	cǣġe	cǣġa
dative	cǣġe	cǣġum

Descendants

• Middle English:keye,kaye,keiȝe
  • English:key
  • Scots:key,kay

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “CǼG”, inAn Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1],2nd edition, Oxford:Oxford University Press.