ifig

Old English

Trēow mid īfiġe bewriġen

Alternative forms

īfeġn

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ibahs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈiː.fij/, [ˈiː.vij]

Noun

īfiġ n

ivy
Īfiġ wixþ on stānum and on trēowum.
Ivy grows on rocks 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
- English: ivy
- Scots: eevy

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “ifig”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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