eldertongue

Old English · noun

dægþern

Normalised dæġþern

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈdæjˌθern/
[ˈdæjˌθerˠn]
Syllables
ˈdæj · ˌθern (2 syllables)

Meaning

  1. the space of a day

Declension

Declension of dægþern
SingularPlural
Nominative dæġþerndæġþernadæġþerne
Accusative dæġþernedæġþernadæġþerne
Genitive dæġþernedæġþerna
Dative dæġþernedæġþernum

All forms (4)

Etymology

From dæġ (“day”) + *þern (“space, extent”), the latter element of unknown origin.

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