laugardagr

Old NorseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From laug (pool) +‎ dagr (day), literally "bathing day". The former element is cognate to English lye.

NounEdit

laugardagr m

  1. Saturday

DescendantsEdit

See alsoEdit

(days of the week) dagar í vikunni; sunnudagr, mánadagr/mánudagr, týsdagr, óðinsdagr, þórsdagr, frjádagr, laugardagr (Category: non:Days of the week)

ReferencesEdit

  • laugardagr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press