weorcdæg
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *werkadagaz. Cognate with Old High German werctag and Old Norse verkdagr. Equivalent to weorc + dæġ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
weorcdæġ m
- workday (day on which work is done; in Anglo-Saxon England, typically any day but Sunday)
Declension edit
Declension of weorcdæg (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | weorcdæġ | weorcdagas |
accusative | weorcdæġ | weorcdagas |
genitive | weorcdæġes | weorcdaga |
dative | weorcdæġe | weorcdagum |
Descendants edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “weorc-dæg”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.