Old English · noun
sæternesdæg
Normalised sæternesdæġ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈsæ.ter.nesˌdæj/[ˈsæ.ter.nezˌdæj]
- Syllables
- ˈsæ · ter · nes · ˌdæj (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- saturdayseventhweek
Meaning
-
Saturday; the seventh day of the week
Sēo tīd onginð on ðisum Sunnandæġe, nigon wucon ǣr Ēastron, and ġeendað on ðām Saternesdæġe þǣre Ēasterlīċan wucan: tō ðām dæġe sind heonon ġetealde hundseofontiġ daga; and þæt Israhela folc, for heora māndǣdum and forgǣġednyssum, wurdon ġehergode, and hundseofontiġ ġēara on Babilonisċum þēowdōme, buton blisse and myrhðe, wunodon.
This time begins this Sunday, nine weeks before Easter, and ends on the Saturday in the week of Easter: to that day, from here, are seventy days; and the Israelites, for their evil deeds and transgressions, were taken captive, and spent seventy years living in slavery to the Bablyonians, without joy or mirth.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sæternesdæġ | sæternesdagas |
| Accusative | sæternesdæġ | sæternesdagas |
| Genitive | sæternesdæġes | sæternesdaga |
| Dative | sæternesdæġe | sæternesdagum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; equivalent to Sætern (“Saturn”) + dæġ (“day”). Ultimately a calque of Latin diēs Sāturnī (“day of Saturn”).
Descendants
saturday
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