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ingwaeonic

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Ing⋅ve⋅on⋅ic

  [ing-vee-on-ik]
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–adjective
of or pertaining to Old English, Old Frisian, and Old Saxon, taken collectively.
Also, Ing⋅vae⋅on⋅ic, Ing⋅wae⋅on⋅ic, Ing⋅we⋅on⋅ic  [ing-wee-on-ik] .

Origin:
1930–35; after L Ingvaeōnēs (Pliny), Ingaevōnēs (Tacitus) a Germanic tribal group, taken to mean “adherents of *Ingwaz,” prob. a god; cf. OE Ing name of a rune, ON Ing- element in personal names; see -ic
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