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Old English · noun

sunnanæfen

Normalised sunnanǣfen

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈsun.nɑnˌæː.fen/
[ˈsun.nɑnˌæː.ven]
Syllables
ˈsun · nɑn · ˌæː · fen (4 syllables)
Modern English
saturday

Meaning

  1. Saturday evening

Declension

Declension of sunnanæfen
SingularPlural
Nominative sunnanǣfensunnanǣfennas
Accusative sunnanǣfensunnanǣfennas
Genitive sunnanǣfennessunnanǣfenna
Dative sunnanǣfennesunnanǣfennum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sunnōn āband. Cognate with Old High German sunnūnāband (whence German Sonnabend (“Saturday”)).

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