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dæg

Pronunciation: /dæj/

“dæg” is an Old English word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. day, (usually) as a period from sunrise to sunset and (scientifically) as a 24-hour period from sunrise to sunrise
  2. The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn
  3. c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in the Lord's Advent"
  4. c. 994, Ælfric, The Seasons of the Year
  5. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  6. the runic character ᛞ (/d/)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *dagaz. Cognate with Old Frisian dei, Old Saxon dag, Old Dutch dag, Old High German tag, Old Norse dagr, Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags).

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