trieg
Old English
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Alternative forms
- trīġ — West Saxon
- trēġ — Anglian, Kentish
Etymology
From trauj-, from trauwʲ-, the oblique stem of Proto-West Germanic *trawi, from Proto-Germanic *trawją (“wooden vessel”). Cognate with Old Swedish trø (“wooden grain measure”),[1] Low German Treechel (“dough trough”), possibly Old Norse treyja (“carrier”). Related to Old English trog (“trough”).
Thought to be from the same root as trēow (“tree”), from Proto-Germanic *trewą, from Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”), *drew- (“hard, firm, strong, solid”). Potential cognates from this root include Sanskrit द्रोण (droṇa, “trough”) and Ancient Greek δροίτη (droítē, “tub, vat”).
For the phonetic development, compare hīeġ and īeġ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tri͜yːj/
- Rhymes: -i͜yːj
Noun
*trīeġ n (Early West Saxon)
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | *trīeġ | *trīeġ |
| accusative | *trīeġ | *trīeġ |
| genitive | *trīeġes | *trīeġa |
| dative | *trīeġe | *trīeġum |
Synonyms
Descendants
From the non-West Saxon form trēġ:
References
- ^ “tray, n.2”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Further reading
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “trég”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.