sunnanmorgen

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Old English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From sunnan (“the sun's”) + morgen (morning), analogous to sunnandæġ (“Sunday”, literally “the sun's day”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsun.nɑnˌmor.ɡen/, [ˈsun.nɑnˌmorˠ.ɣen]

Noun[edit]

sunnanmorgen f

  1. Sunday morning
    • c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
      On sunnanmorgen hē ġewāt þā þā hē wæs on ielde ān and hundeahtatiġwintre.
      On Sunday morning he passed away at eighty-one years old.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Middle English: sunnes morn

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