maeg

adjective. sharp, piercing, piercing, sharp, *penetrating

Cognates

• Q. maica “sharp, piercing” ✧ SA/maeg

Derivations

• ✶maikā “sharp, penetrating, going deep in” ✧ WJ/337
  • √MIK “pierce” ✧ WJ/337

Element in

• S. maecheneb “sharp-eye[d]” ✧ WJ/337
• S. Maeglin “Sharp Glance” ✧ SA/maeg
• ᴺS. maegra- “to sharpen”

Phonetic Developments

Development	Stages	Sources
✶maikā > maeg	[maikā] > [maika] > [maik] > [maig] > [maeg]	✧ WJ/337

maeg

adjective. sharp, piercing, penetrating, going deep in something

aeg

adjective. sharp, sharp, [N.] pointed, piercing

Element in

• S. aeglir “line of peaks, line of peaks, [N.] range of mountain peaks; [ᴱN.] peak, mountain top”
• S. Aeglos “Snow-point”
• S. aeglos “icicle, (lit.) snow-point; snowthorn (a plant)”
• S. Aegnor “Fell Fire, Sharp Flame” ✧ SA/nár
• S. Crissaegrim “*Cleft Mountain Peaks”
• S. Ecthelion “?One with Sharp Will”
• S. Egalmoth “Pointed Helm-crest”

Variations

• Aeg ✧ SA/nár (Aeg)

maeg

penetrating

maeg (lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (sharp, going deep in). (WJ:337)

maeg

going deep in

maeg (lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (sharp, penetrating). (WJ:337);

maeg

going deep in

maeg (lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (sharp, penetrating). (WJ:337)

maeg

sharp

(lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (penetrating, going deep in). (WJ:337)

maeg

going deep in

(lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (sharp, penetrating). (WJ:337);

maeg

penetrating

(lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (sharp, going deep in). (WJ:337)

aeg

sharp

1) aeg (pointed, piercing). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn". 2) aig (no distinct pl. form). 3) laeg (keen, acute). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”fresh, green”. 4) maeg (lenited vaeg; no distinct pl. form) (penetrating, going deep in). (WJ:337)

aeg

sharp

(pointed, piercing). No distinct pl. form. Note: aeg is also used as noun "point, peak, thorn".

laeg

sharp

(keen, acute). No distinct pl. form. Note: a homophone means ”fresh, green”.

megor

adjective. sharp-pointed

negen

sharp

_ adj. _sharp, angular. Q. nerca, nexe. >> negn

negn

sharp

_ adj. _sharp, angular. Q. nerca, nexe. >> negen

aig

sharp

(no distinct pl. form).

angol

deep lore

(magic), pl. engyl. Note: a homophone means "stench".

egnas

sharp point

(peak; literally "thorn-point"), pl. egnais, coll. pl. egnassaith.

eitha

prick with a sharp point

(stab, treat with scorn; insult) (i eitha, in eithar)

falch

deep cleft

(ravine[?]), pl. felch;

im

deep vale

(dell), no distinct pl. form (though the pl. article in will mark the word as pl. when definite). The word typically occurs, not by itself, but in compounds like imlad, imloth, imrath, imrad (VT45:18, VT47:19)

imlad

deep valley, narrow valley with steep sides

(glen), pl. imlaid;

maecheneb

sharp-eyed

(lenited vaecheneb; pl. maechenib)

megor

sharp-pointed

(lenited vegor, analogical pl. megyr); cited in archaic form megr (WJ:337)

nass

sharp end

(point, angle, corner), construct nas, pl. nais** **

till

sharp horn

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds)  (tine, point, sharp-pointed peak), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild.

till

sharp-pointed peak

(i** dill, o thill, construct til; also -dil, -thil at the end of compounds)  (tine, point, sharp horn), no distinct pl. form except with article (i** thill). Archaic †tild.

tofn

deep

tofn (lenited dofn; pl. tyfn) (low, low-lying), also nûr (pl. nuir). Note: homophones of the latter mean ”sad” and ”race”.

tofn

deep

(lenited dofn; pl. tyfn) (low, low-lying), also nûr (pl. nuir). Note: homophones of the latter mean ”sad” and ”race”.

tûm

deep valley

tum- (i** dûm, o thûm, construct tum), pl. t**uim (i** thuim**)