different between egge vs eggie

English

Noun

egge (plural egges)

1. Obsolete spelling of egg

Verb

egge (third-person singular simple present egges, present participle egging, simple past and past participle egged)

1. Obsolete spelling of egg
   • 1586, William Warner, Albion's England

     The neatresse, longing for the rest,
     Did egge him on to tell
     How faire she was, and who she was.

Afrikaans

Noun

egge

1. plural of eg

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.?/
• Hyphenation: eg?ge

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch egge, from Old Dutch *egga, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju. Cognate to English edge.

Noun

egge f (plural eggen or egges, diminutive eggetje n)

1. skewed, sharp side
2. edge
3. corner

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

egge

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of eggen

German

Verb

egge

1. inflection of eggen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English he??.

Noun

egge

1. Alternative form of hegge

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajj?, from Proto-Indo-European *h??wyóm. Doublet of ei.

Alternative forms

• egg, eeg, egghe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??/

Noun

egge (plural egges)

1. egg

Usage notes

This word is less common than its synonym ei.

Descendants

• English: egg
• Scots: eg, egg

References

• “eg(ge, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.

Etymology 3

Inherited from Old English e??

Alternative forms

• eghge, ege

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?/

Noun

egge (plural egges)

2. An edge of a blade or instrument; the sharp or effective side of something.
3. A bladed weapon; a knife, sword, or similar weapon.
4. The edge or rim of an object, plot of land, or physical feature; the exterior border of something.
5. The side of a troop or military formation.

Derived terms

• egged
• egge tool

Descendants

• English: edge
• Scots: ege, egge

References

• “e??e, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-05.

English

Etymology

egg +? -ie

Noun

eggie (plural eggies)

1. (Internet slang) An Eggdrop bot: a kind of automated IRC user with various functionality.
   • 1998, "DRDeaTH", Re: Help: Starting an IRC Bot? (on newsgroup alt.irc.bots)

     about $5 a month will get ya a shell with 2 eggies

   • 2000, "Chika", Re: ideas? (on newsgroup alt.irc)

     I think that Efnet and IRCnet, among others, prove that nick/chanserv is not an indispensible requirement, as long as you have reasonable alternatives (eggdrop bots, etc.) Indeed some folk I know even object to eggies on a channel and will avoid them like the proverbial plague!