Ege

Old Danish Dictionary - ege

Meaning of Old Danish word "Ege", as defined by Otto Kalkar's Dictionary of Old Danish language.

The Old Danish word Ege can mean:

  • go. holde af; ingen er så arg, hand jo eger sin egen mage. Moth. Vistnok ogenlig = eje. Smlgn. Molb. Diall.: eie sig; Aasen: eig- nå 2). — gel, no. (nt. egel) igle; Jigner dem ved en egel, som suer blod aff folek. Pallad., Hosedjævel. f1'; hirudo, igel. Turson, Vocab. 170 (Colding, Etymol. 565: ile); Co- menius, Orbis pictus. 96; hirudo, egel, igel. Steph., Nomencl. I. 126; egelen haffuer tho døtter: bær hid, bær hid. Ordsp. 80.15 (1550, 1647); maa KW egensindede sønner udeblifve, egelens umettelige døtre maa icke gaa der ind. Wallensbek, Ptocho- troph. Holm. Topogr. 22; Moth.

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚽᚵᚽ
Medieval Runes were used in Denmark from 12th to 17th centuries.

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Abbreviations used:

go.
gærningsord (verbum).
n.
norsk.
no.
navneord (substantivum).
nt.
nedertysk.
sp.
spørgende (interrogativum).
t.
tysk.

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