middes wintres dæg
Old English
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editEtymology
editPossibly a shortening of middes wintres mæssedæġ, which appears earlier. The closely analogous term middes wintres mæsseniht (“night before Christmas”) even appears in the Early West Saxon of the Parker Chronicle (late 9th century).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- Christmas Day
- a day of Christmas
Declension
editDeclension of middes wintres dæg (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | middes wintres dæġ | middes wintres dagas |
accusative | middes wintres dæġ | middes wintres dagas |
genitive | middes wintres dæġes | middes wintres daga |
dative | middes wintres dæġe | middes wintres dagum |
Synonyms
editDescendants
edit- Middle English: middewinteres day