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mid-14c., egge, mostly in northern England dialect, from Old Norse egg, from Proto-Germanic *ajja(m) (source also of Old Saxon, Middle Dutch, Dutch, Old High German, German ei, Gothic ada), probably from PIE *owyo-/*oyyo- "egg" (source also of Old Church Slavonic aja, Russian jajco, Breton ui, Welsh wy, Greek oon, Latin ovum); possibly derived from root *awi- "bird." This Norse-derived northern word vied in Middle English with native cognates eye, eai, from Old English æg, until finally displacing the others after c. 1500. Caxton (15c.) writes of a merchant (probably a north-country man) in a public house on the Thames who asked for eggs: And the goode wyf answerde, that she coude speke no frenshe. And the marchaunt was angry, for he also coude speke no frenshe, but wolde have hadde egges, and she understode hym not. She did, however, recognize another customer's request for "eyren." Used of persons from c. 1600. Bad egg in the figurative sense is from 1855; bad eggs aren't always obvious to outward view (there was an old proverb, "bad bird, bad egg"). To have egg on (one's) face "look foolish" is attested by 1948. [Young & Rubincam] realize full well that a crew can sometimes make or break a show. It can do little things to ruin a program or else, by giving it its best, can really get that all-important rating. They are mindful of an emcee of a variety show who already has been tabbed "old egg in your face" because the crew has managed to get him in such awkward positions on the TV screen. ["Billboard," March 5, 1949]

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古代ギリシャ語* ajja（m）（オールドサクソン、ミドルオランダ、オランダ、オールドハイグルク、ドイツ語ei、ゴシックアダ）の出身でもある。おそらくPIE * owyoから - / * oyyo- "卵"（古代教会スラヴ語aja、ロシア語jajco、ブルトン語ui、ウェールズ語wy、ギリシャ語のoon、ラテンovumのソースもあります）。おそらく

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I am from the ancient Greek * ajja (m) (Old Saxon, Middle Netherlands, the Netherlands, Old Haikuroku, German ei, Gothic Ada). Probably from PIE * owyo - / * oyyo - "egg" (ancient church slavic aja, russian jajco, breton ui, welsh wy, greek

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私は古代ギリシャ語* ajja（m）（旧サクソン、中オランダ、オランダ、旧俳句、ドイツ語ei、ゴシック・アダ）です。おそらくPIE *からのものです。* / oyyo - "egg"（古代教会スラブ語aja、ロシア語jajco、breton ui、welsh wy、greek

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I am ancient Greek * ajja (m) (Old Saxon, Middle Holland, Netherlands, Old Haiku, German ei, Gothic Ada). It is probably from PIE *. * / oyyo - "egg" (ancient church slavic aja, russian jajco, breton ui, welsh wy, greek

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私は古代ギリシア語* ajja（m）（オールドサクソン、中オランダ、オランダ、オールドハイク、ドイツ語ei、ゴシックアダ）です。おそらくPIE *からです。 * / oyyo - "egg"（古代教会スラブ語aja、ロシア語jajco、breton ui、welsh wy、ギリシャ語

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I am ancient Greek * ajja (m) (Old Saxon, Middle Holland, Netherlands, Old Haiku, German ei, Gothic Ada). Probably from PIE *. * / oyyo - "egg" (Ancient church Slavic aja, Russian jajco, breton ui, welsh wy, Greek

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私は古代ギリシア語* ajja（m）（オールドサクソン、中オランダ、オランダ、オールドハイク、ドイツ語ei、ゴシックアダ）です。おそらくPIE *から。 * / oyyo - "egg"（古代教会スラブ語aja、ロシア語jajco、breton ui、welsh wy、ギリシャ語

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I am ancient Greek * ajja (m) (Old Saxon, Middle Holland, Netherlands, Old Haiku, German ei, Gothic Ada). Probably from PIE *. * / oyyo - "egg" (Ancient church Slavic aja, Russian jajco, breton ui, welsh wy, Greek