deaþdæg

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dauþudagaz. Equivalent to dēaþ (“death”) +‎ dæġ (“day”). Compare German Todestag and Swedish dödsdag.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdæ͜ɑːθˌdæj/, [ˈdæ͜ɑːðˌdæj]

Noun

dēaþdæġ m

day of one's death

Declension

Declension of deaþdæg (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dēaþdæġ	dēaþdagas
accusative	dēaþdæġ	dēaþdagas
genitive	dēaþdæġes	dēaþdaga
dative	dēaþdæġe	dēaþdagum

Descendants

English: deathday

References

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

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