Old English · noun
wodnesdæg
Normalised wōdnesdæġ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈwoːd.nesˌdæj/[ˈwoːd.nezˌdæj]
- Syllables
- ˈwoːd · nes · ˌdæj (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- wednesday
Meaning
-
Wednesday
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 5
This should [be read] on the Wednesday of the sixteenth week after Pentecost and on the Friday of the Cheese Week.
Declension
| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | wōdnesdæġ | wōdnesdagas |
| Accusative | wōdnesdæġ | wōdnesdagas |
| Genitive | wōdnesdæġes | wōdnesdaga |
| Dative | wōdnesdæġe | wōdnesdagum |
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Wōdnes (“gen. of Wōden”) + dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, a calque of Latin diēs Mercuriī.
Descendants
wednesday
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