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

1. ivy

   Īfiġ wixþ on stānum and on trēowum.

   Ivy grows on rocks and trees.

Declension

Declension of īfiġ (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^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.