Æig
Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - æig
According to the Old English Dictionary:
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- æig
- n. An egg; ovum :-- Ðæt æig getácnaþ hiht: ǽrest hit biþ æig, and seó módor siððan mid hihte bret ðæt æig to bridde the egg betokens hope: first it is an egg, and the mother then with hope cherishes the egg to a young bird, Homl. Th. i. 250, 22-24.