Old English · adverb
ælce dæge
- Part of speech
- adverb
- Modern English
- every day
Meaning
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every day
early 11th century, anonymous gloss of Ælfric's Latin Colloquy (c. 995)
Every day I have to plow a full acre or more.
Etymology
From ǣlċe (“each”) + dæġe (“day”). ǣlċe and dæge are in the instrumental case.
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