Iringes weg

Old English

Etymology

Named for mythical Germanic hero Irung. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈi.rin.ɡes wej/, [ˈi.riŋ.ɡes wej]

Proper noun

Iringes weġ m

  1. the Milky Way

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “Iringes weg”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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