Old English · noun

morgen

Part of speech: noun, masculine
Declension: strong a-stem
IPA: /ˈmor.ɡen/
[ˈmorˠ.ɣen]
Syllables: ˈmor · ɡen (2 syllables)
Modern English: morning morn morrow tomorrow

Meaning

morning

An. DCLXXVIII Hēr atēowede comēta se steorra on Auguste ⁊ sċān III monðas ælċe morgen swilċe sunne bēam.

Year 678 In this year a comet star appeared in August and shone like a sunbeam each morning for three months.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
tomorrow

Declension

Declension of morgen
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	morgen	morgnas
Accusative	morgen	morgnas
Genitive	morgnes	morgna
Dative	morgne	morgnum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *morgan; the form mer(i)ġen is from Proto-West Germanic *morgin, with a variant vowel in the second syllable. Cognate with Old Frisian morgen, Old Saxon morgan, Old Dutch morgan, Old High German morgan, Old Norse morgunn. Compare also (from the alternative form *murginaz) Old Norse myrginn and Gothic (maurgins).

Descendants

morn, morrow

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