dægmæl

Old English

Etymology

From dæġ (“day”) +‎ mǣl (“mark”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdæjˌmæːl/

Noun

dæġmǣl n (nominative plural dæġmǣl)

an instrument for telling the hour of the day; a timekeeper (e.g. clock, sundial, waterclock, etc.)
Þæt dæġmǣl ticcode ġehīerendlīċe.
The clock ticked audibly.

Declension

Declension of dægmæl (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dæġmǣl	dæġmǣl
accusative	dæġmǣl	dæġmǣl
genitive	dæġmǣles	dæġmǣla
dative	dæġmǣle	dæġmǣlum

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dæg-mǽl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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