geares dæg

Meaning

1. an annual day; anniversary

2. New Year's Day

   Wē habbaþ oft ġehīered þæt menn hātaþ þisne dæġ ġēares dæġ, swelċe þēs dæġ fyrmest sīe on ġēares ymbryne. Ac wē ne ġemētaþ nāne swutolunge on cristenum bōcum hwȳ þēs dæġ tō ġēares anġinne ġeteald sīe.

   We have often heard that people call this day year's day, as if this is the first day in the course of the year. But we find no explanation in Christian books for why this day is considered the beginning of the year.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The Octaves and Circumcision of Our Lord"

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