sunnanmorgen

Old English

Alternative forms

• sunnan merġen

Etymology

From sunnan (“the sun's”) + morgen (“morning”), analogous to sunnandæġ (“Sunday”, literally “the sun's day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun.nɑnˌmor.ɡen/, [ˈsun.nɑnˌmorˠ.ɣen]

Noun

sunnanmorgen f

1. Sunday morning
   • c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints

     On sunnanmorgen hē ġewāt þā þā hē wæs on ielde ān and hundeahtatiġwintre.

     On Sunday morning he passed away at eighty-one years old.

Declension

Declension of sunnanmorgen (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sunnanmorgen	sunnanmorgnas
accusative	sunnanmorgen	sunnanmorgnas
genitive	sunnanmorgnes	sunnanmorgna
dative	sunnanmorgne	sunnanmorgnum

Descendants

• Middle English: sunnes morn

See also

• mōnanniht