遺い言げん

noun

will; testament; dying wish; last words

Rare reading of 遺言, used in formal or literary contexts. In modern Japanese, 遺言 is almost always read ゆいごん. This reading may appear in legal or historical documents.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「いげん」と読よむ遺い言げんの記き述じゅつが見みられる。

  In old documents, one can find descriptions of wills read as いげん.