Etymology Query: "They"

[Mark A Mandel]

On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, FRITZ JUENGLING wrote:

#Another puzzle is why native English 'aeg', pronounced
#something like modern English 'eye,' was replaced by
#Scandinavian 'egg.' There does not seem to be any good
#reason for this type of change.  (We do have remnants of
#Old English 'aeg' in Modern English--cock-eyed and
#Cockney.)

"Cock-eyed"? Please explain why < 'egg' not 'eye'.

-- Mark A. Mandel
   Linguist at Large