Old English · noun
middes wintres dæg
Normalised middes wintres dæġ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈmid.des ˈwin.tres dæj/
- Syllables
- ˈmid · des · ˈwin · tres · dæj (5 syllables)
- Modern English
- christmas daychristmas
Meaning
-
Christmas Day
-
a day of Christmas
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | middes wintres dæġ | middes wintres dagas |
| Accusative | middes wintres dæġ | middes wintres dagas |
| Genitive | middes wintres dæġes | middes wintres daga |
| Dative | middes wintres dæġe | middes wintres dagum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
Possibly a shortening of middes wintres mæssedæġ, which appears earlier. The closely analogous term middes wintres mæsseniht (“night before Christmas”) even appears in the Early West Saxon of the Parker Chronicle (late 9th century).
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