deaþdæg
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Germanic *dauþudagaz. Equivalent to dēaþ (“death”) + dæġ (“day”). Compare German Todestag and Swedish dödsdag.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdēaþdæġ m
Declension
editDeclension of deaþdæg (strong a-stem)
Descendants
edit- English: deathday
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dēaþdæġ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.