/ing'vee on"ik/ , adj.
of or pertaining to Old English, Old Frisian, and Old Saxon, taken collectively.
Also, Ingvaeonic, Ingwaeonic, Ingweonic /ing'wee on"ik/ .
[ 1930-35; after L Ingvaeones (Pliny), Ingaevones (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 ]