dægred
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Etymology edit
Usually explained as dæġ (“day”) + rēad (“red”).
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Noun edit
dæġrēd n
- dawn, the period of the early morning before sunrise when the sun's light begins to brighten the sky
Usage notes edit
In Bede & al., distinguished as the earlier part of the morning (matutinum or aurora) as opposed to diluculum, the period just before sunrise. Other times, it is inclusive of or (as in Ælfric) identified with diluculum instead.
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References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dægrēd”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- "Anglo-Saxon Manual of Astronomy", p. 6, in Popular Treatises on Science Written during the Middle Ages (1841), London: Historical Society of Science.