dæge

From Proto-Germanic *daigijǭ (“kneader”): cognate with Old Norse deigja (“female servant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæː.je/

dǣġe f

1. female servant
2. woman in charge of a dairy; dey, dairymaid

Weak n-stem:

• hlǣfdīġe

• Middle English: deye, daie, deie
  • English: dai, dei, dey, deye (dialectal or historical)
  • Scots: dey, dee, deigh
  • → Anglo-Norman: deye, daye
    • ⇒ Anglo-Norman: deyerie, daerye, deyerye
      • → Middle English: deyerie, dayerye, deierie, deiȝerie, dayrye, deyry (Late Middle English)
        • English: dairy
        • Scots: derry, dery, dyrie
      • → Medieval Latin: daeria, dayeria

Inflected forms.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæ.je/

dæġe

1. dative singular of dæġ