witge

Old English

Alternative forms

wīteġe

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wītagā. Cognate with Old High German wīzaga. Equivalent to wītga +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈwiːt.je/

Noun

wītġe f

female equivalent of wītga

Declension

Declension of witge (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	wītġe	wītgan
accusative	wītgan	wītgan
genitive	wītgan	wītgena
dative	wītgan	wītgum

Synonyms

wītġestre

Coordinate terms

wītga

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “WĪTGE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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