cæg
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Feminine
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Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
cæg
. Dele 'For eage;
f. l. ' and add :-- Seó cǽge, Verc. Först. 128, 20. v.
helle-cǽge.
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CǼG
; gen. cǽge; pl. nom. acc. cǽga, cǽgia; f; cǽge, an; f. A KEY ; clavis :-- Stæfcræft is seó cǽg ðe ðæra bóca andgýtt unlýcþ grammar is the key that unlocketh the sense of books, Ælfc. Gr. pref; Som. I. 23: 9, 28; Som. 11, 54: Past. 15, 2; Hat. MS. 19a, 17. Ge ætbrudon ðæs ingehýdes cǽge tulisti clavem scientiæ, Lk. Bos. II, 52. Saturnus sumra hæfde bóca cǽga Saturn had the keys of some books, Salm. Kmbl. 370; Sal. 184. Ðé ic sylle heofona ríces cǽgia tibi dabo claves regni cælorum, Mt. Bos. 16, 19. Gástes cǽgum [MS.