eage

Middle French

Alternative forms

• aage,age

Noun

eagem(pluraleages)

1. age(amount of time something has existed)

Old English

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Alternative forms

• ēge—Anglian

Etymology

FromProto-West Germanic*augā,fromProto-Germanic*augô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈæ͜ɑː.ɡe/,[ˈæ͜ɑː.ɣe]

Noun

ēagen

1. eye

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	ēage	ēagan
accusative	ēage	ēagan
genitive	ēagan	ēagena
dative	ēagan	ēagum

Derived terms

• dæġes ēage(“daisy”)
• ēagæppel(“eyeball”)
• ēaghring(“eye socket”)
• ēagþȳrel(“window”)
• -īeġe(“-eyed”)

Descendants

• Middle English:eie,yȝe,ye,yë,yghe,eye,eȝhe,eȝe,eighe,eyghe,eyȝe,iȝe
  • English:eye
    • Sranan Tongo:ai
  • Geordie English:ee,eye
  • Scots:ee
  • Yola:ieen,eein,eyen,eeen,een,ein(plural)

See also

• brū(“eyelash”)
• brǣw(“eyelid”)
• oferbrū(“eyebrow”)
• sēo(“pupil”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• edage(archaic)
• aage,aaige,aege,aige,age,agee,eaage

Etymology

FromVulgar Latin*aetāticum,fromLatinaetātem.Alternatively formed within Old French fromeé+‎-age.

Pronunciation

• (archaic)IPA^(key):/əˈðad͡ʒə/
• (classical)IPA^(key):/əˈad͡ʒə/,/aˈad͡ʒə/
• (late)IPA^(key):/ˈaːʒə/

Noun

eageoblique singular,morf(oblique pluraleages,nominative singulareages,nominative pluraleage)

1. age(of a person)
   • c.1170,Chrétien de Troyes,Érec et Énide:

     Onques nus hon de sonaage
     Ne fu de greignor vasselage.

     Never us, men of their age
     We did not deal with the biggest vassalage.

   Synonym:eé

2. age(era)
3. (Anglo-Norman,law)coming of age
   1. date of coming of age

Descendants

• Angevin:agemorf
• Champenois:aige
• Franc-Comtois:aîdge,adge,edzem
• Gallo:agemorf
• Lorrain:edgem,eche,ache,èjef
• Middle French:âgemorf
  • French:âgem
    • →Catalan:atgem
• Norman:agemorf,âgef
• Orléanais:agem
• Picard:agemorf,ache,ajef
• Poitevin-Saintongeais:agemorf,ah,agh'm,âgef
• Walloon:atchem,ådjef
• →Middle English:age,aage,ayge(both rare)
  • English:age
  • Scots:age
• →Old Occitan:atgem
  • →Occitan:atgem

References

• eageinAnglo-Norman Dictionary,Aberystwyth University,2022
• Walther von Wartburg(1928–2002) “aetas”, inFranzösisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch,volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte,page237