middæg
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *midjaz dagaz. Equivalent to mid- + dæġ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
middæġ m
Usage notes edit
- In cases other than the strong nominative singular, the prefix usually becomes the adjective midd and is inflected: oþ midne dæġ (“until noon”). Midniht (“midnight”), midsumor (“midsummer”), and midwinter (“midwinter”) work the same way.
Declension edit
Declension of middæg (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “middæg”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.