tidege

Old English

Etymology

From tīd (“time”) +‎ eġe (“fear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtiːdˌe.je/

Noun

tīdeġe m

1. (poetic) fear of time, fear of death
   • 10th century, The Seafarer:

     Simle þrēora sum þinga ġehwylċe, ǣr his tīdeġe tō twēon weorþeð: ādl oþþe yldo oþþe eċġhete, fǣġum fromweardum feorh ōðþringeð.

     One of each of three things, before his fear of the time becomes a doubt: sickness or oldness or edge-hatred will always snatch away life from doomed beyond-gores.

Declension

Strong i-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	tīdeġe	tīdeġas
accusative	tīdeġe	tīdeġas
genitive	tīdeġes	tīdeġa
dative	tīdeġe	tīdeġum

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “tíd-ege”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.