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Old English · noun

dœg

Normalised dœ̄ġ

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong i-stem
IPA
/døːj/
Syllables
døːj (1 syllable)
Modern English
day

Meaning

  1. day, as in a 24-hour period of the calendar

Declension

Declension of dœg
SingularPlural
Nominative dœ̄ġdœ̄ġas
Accusative dœ̄ġdœ̄ġas
Genitive dœ̄ġesdœ̄ġa
Dative dœ̄ġedœ̄ġum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dōgi, from z-stem Proto-Germanic *dōgaz, whence also Old English dōgor. Related to Old Norse dǿgr. See also siġe, sigor; hǣl, hālor; sele, salor.

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