ifig

Old English
trēow mid īfiġe bewriġen

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈiː.fij/, [ˈiːvij]

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ibahs.

Noun

īfiġ n

  1. ivy
    Īfiġ wiexþ on stānum and on trēowum.
    Ivy grows on stones and trees.

Declension
Declension of ifig (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative īfiġ īfiġu
accusative īfiġ īfiġu
genitive īfiġes īfiġa
dative īfiġe īfiġum

Descendants
  • Middle English: ivi

Further reading
  • ifig in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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