Old English · noun
weorcdæg
Normalised weorcdæġ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈwe͜orkˌdæj/[ˈwe͜orˠkˌdæj]
- Syllables
- ˈwe͜ork · ˌdæj (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- workdaytypicallyengland
Meaning
-
workday (day on which work is done; in Anglo-Saxon England, typically any day but Sunday)
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | weorcdæġ | weorcdagas |
| Accusative | weorcdæġ | weorcdagas |
| Genitive | weorcdæġes | weorcdaga |
| Dative | weorcdæġe | weorcdagum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *werkadagaz. Cognate with Old High German werctag and Old Norse verkdagr. Equivalent to weorc + dæġ.
Descendants
workday
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