pirige

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Apparently from a Vulgar Latin *pirea, though such a form is unknown in the Romance languages[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpi.ri.je/

Noun

piriġe f

  1. the pear tree[2]

Declension
Declension of pirige (strong ō-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative piriġe piriġa, piriġe
accusative piriġe piriġa, piriġe
genitive piriġe piriġa
dative piriġe piriġum

Descendants

References
  1. James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928), “Perry”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VII (O–P), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, page 720, column 1.
  2. Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “PIRIĠE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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