ægsciell

Old English

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Etymology

From ǣġ (“egg”) +‎ sċiell (“shell”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæːjˌʃi͜yll/, [ˈæːjˌʃi͜yɫ]

Noun

ǣġsċiell f

1. eggshell

Descendants

• English: eggshell

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “ǽg-scill”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.