eadig

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Old English

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *audagaz; equivalent to ēad +‎ -iġ.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ēadiġ (superlative ēadġest)

  1. happy, prosperous
    • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
      Iob, sē ēadiġa and sē ānrǣda godes þeġn, wæs swa fulfremed on eallum gōdnyssum þæt god sylf cwæþ bē him þæt his ġelīċa nǣre þā on þām līfe ofer eorþan.
      Job, the prosperous and unwavering servant of god, was so perfect in all his good deeds that God Himself said that there was no one like him living on Earth.
    • To ðissum eadigan hamto this happy home. (Cædmon)

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