weorcdæg
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *werkadagaz. Cognate with Old High German werctag and Old Norse verkdagr. Equivalent to weorc + dæġ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
weorcdæġ m
- workday (day on which work is done; in Anglo-Saxon England, typically any day but Sunday)
Declension[edit]
Declension of weorcdæg (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | weorcdæġ | weorcdagas |
| accusative | weorcdæġ | weorcdagas |
| genitive | weorcdæġes | weorcdaga |
| dative | weorcdæġe | weorcdagum |
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Further reading[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “weorc-dæg”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.