Old English · noun
sunnanmorgen
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈsun.nɑnˌmor.ɡen/[ˈsun.nɑnˌmorˠ.ɣen]
- Syllables
- ˈsun · nɑn · ˌmor · ɡen (4 syllables)
- Modern English
- sunday
Meaning
-
Sunday morning
On sunnanmorgen hē ġewāt þā þā hē wæs on ielde ān and hundeahtatiġwintre.
On Sunday morning he passed away at eighty-one years old.
c. 996, Ælfric's Lives of Saints
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sunnanmorgen | sunnanmorgnas |
| Accusative | sunnanmorgen | sunnanmorgnas |
| Genitive | sunnanmorgnes | sunnanmorgna |
| Dative | sunnanmorgne | sunnanmorgnum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
From sunnan (“the sun's”) + morgen (“morning”), analogous to sunnandæġ (“Sunday”, literally “the sun's day”).
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