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Old English · noun

dagung

Part of speech
noun, feminine
Declension
strong ō-stem
IPA
/ˈdɑ.ɡunɡ/
[ˈdɑ.ɣuŋɡ]
Syllables
ˈdɑ · ɡunɡ (2 syllables)
Modern English
dawndaybreak

Meaning

  1. dawn, daybreak

    An. DCCXCV Hēr wæs sē mōna āþȳstrod betwux hancrēd ⁊ dagunge on V Kƚ Aprilis. ⁊ Eard[wulf] feng tō Norþanhymbra cynedōme on II Iđ Maĩ., and hē wæs syððan ġebletsod ⁊ his cynestōle āhafen on VII Kƚ Iunii on Eoforwīc frām Ēanbalde arċebisċop, ⁊ Æþelberhte ⁊ Hiġebalde ⁊ Badwulfe [bisċeopas].

    Year 795 In this year the moon was obscured between the cock's crow and dawn on the fifth of April. And Eardwulf became king of Northumbria on the second of May, and then on the sevents of June his throne was raised and he was blessed in York by Archbishop Eanbald and Bishops Aethelbright, Higebald, and Badwulf.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Declension

Declension of dagung
SingularPlural
Nominative dagungdagungadagunge
Accusative dagungedagungadagunge
Genitive dagungedagunga
Dative dagungedagungum

All forms (4)

Etymology

Equivalent to dagian + -ung, from Proto-Germanic *dagāną meaning "to become day" equivalent to *dagaz + *-āną.

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