Old English · noun
middæg
Normalised middæġ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈmidˌdæj/
- Syllables
- ˈmid · ˌdæj (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- middaynoon
Meaning
-
noon, midday
Witodlīċe ūres andġites meriġen is ūre ċildhād, ūre cnihthād swylċe underntīd, on þām astihð ūre ġeogoð, swā swā sēo sunne deð ymbe þǣre ðriddan tīde; ūre fulfremeda wæstm swā swā middæġ, forðan ðe on midne dæġ bið sēo sunne on ðām ufemestum ryne stiġende, swā swā sē fulfremeda wæstm bið on fulre strencðe þēonde. Sēo nōntīd bið ūre yld, forðan ðe on nōntīde asihð
Truly, the morning of our cognizance is our childhood, our youth is like the underntide, when our youth rises, just as the sun does around the third hour; our complete growth is like midday, since at midday the sun rises to the highest point in its course, just as our complete growth is flourishing in full strength. The noontide is our age, for at noontide the sun starts to go down, as the aging m
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church -
the middle of the day
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | middæġ | midde dagas |
| Accusative | midne dæġ | midde dagas |
| Genitive | middes dæġes | midra daga |
| Dative | middum dæġe | middum dagum |
All forms (7)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *midjaz dagaz. Equivalent to mid- + dæġ.
Descendants
midday
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