egge

English

Noun

egge (plural egges)

1. Obsolete spelling of egg
   • 1535 October 14 (Gregorian calendar), Myles Coverdale, transl., Biblia: The Byble,  (Coverdale Bible), , →OCLC, Job xxxix:[13–15], folio xi, recto, column 2:

     The Eſtrich (whoſe fethers are fayrer thẽ y^e wynges of the ſparow hauke) whẽ he hath layd his egges vpon the grounde, he bredeth them in the duſt, and forgetteth them: ſo that they might be troden with feete, or broken with ſommme wilde beaſt.

   • 1566, Apuleius, “The Eleventh Booke”, in William Adlington, transl., The Golden Ass of Apuleius Translated out of Latin , London: David Nutt , published 1893, →OCLC, page 239:

     There after the images and reliques were orderly disposed, the great Priest compassed about with divers pictures according to the fashion of the Ægyptians, did dedicate and consecrate with certaine prayers a fair ship made very cunningly, and purified the same with a torch, an egge, and sulphur; […]

   • c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; , quarto edition, London: P S for Andrew Wise, , published 1598, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     [T]hey are vp already, and cal for Egges and butter, they vvil avvay preſently.

   • 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 114, column 1:

     [T]hinke him as a Serpents egge, / VVhich hatch'd, vvould as his kinde grovv mischieuous; / And kill him in the ſhell.

   • 1665–1667, John Lauder; Lord Fountainhall, “Journal in France 1665–1667”, in Donald Crawford, editor, Journals of Sir John Lauder, Lord Fountainhall, with His Observations on Public Affairs and Other Memoranda 1665–1676  (Publications of the Scottish History Society; XXXVI), Edinburgh: University Press by T and A Constable for the Scottish History Society, published May 1900, →OCLC, page 52:

     I was 5 moneth in France before I saw a boyled or roasted egge.

Verb

egge (third-person singular simple present egges, present participle egging, simple past and past participle egged)

1. Obsolete spelling of egg
   • 1571, Arthur Golding, “To the Right Honorable and His Verie Good Lord Edward de Vere Erle of Oxinford, ”, in John Calvin, translated by Arthur Golding, The Psalmes of Dauid and Others. VVith M. Iohn Caluin’s Commentaries, London: Thomas East and Henry Middelton; for Lucas Harison, and Gorge Byshop, →OCLC, 1st part, folio iiij, recto:

     [Y]it haue vvee one thing in our ſelues and of our ſelues, (euen originall ſinne, concupiſcence or luſt) vvhich neuer ceaſeth too egge vs and allure vs from God, and too ſtaine vs vvith all kinde of vnclennes: […]

   • 1586, William Warner, “The Fourth Booke. Chapter XX.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of the Same Island: , London: George Robinson for Thomas Cadman, , →OCLC, page 86:

     The Neatreſſe longing for the reſt, did egge him on to tell / How faire ſhe vvas, and vvho ſhe vvas.

Afrikaans

Noun

egge

1. plural of eg

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɣ.ə/

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• Hyphenation: eg‧ge

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch egge, from Old Dutch *egga, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju. Cognate to English edge.

Noun

egge f (plural eggen or egges, diminutive eggetje n)

1. skewed, sharp side
2. edge
3. corner

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

egge

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of eggen

German

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Verb

egge

1. inflection of eggen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English eċġ, with final vowel levelled in from the oblique cases.

Alternative forms

• ege, eghge

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛdʒ(ə)/

Noun

egge (plural egges)

1. An edge of a blade or instrument; the sharp or effective side of something.
2. A bladed weapon; a knife, sword, or similar weapon.
3. The edge or rim of an object, plot of land, or physical feature; the exterior border of something.
4. The side of a troop or military formation.

Derived terms

• egged
• egge tool

Descendants

• English: edge
• Scots: edge

References

• “eǧǧe, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.

Etymology 2

Noun

egge

1. Alternative form of eg (“egg”)

Etymology 3

Noun

egge

1. Alternative form of hegge