giestrandæg

Old English

Alternative forms

ġeostrandæġ, ġierstandæġ, ġyrstandæġ

Etymology

From ġiestran +‎ dæġ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈji͜ys.trɑnˌdæj/

Noun

ġiestrandæġ m

yesterday
Mē wearþ ġiestrandæġ mīn hætt ġestolen.
Yesterday my hat was stolen.

Declension

Declension of giestrandæg (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġiestrandæġ	ġiestrandagas
accusative	ġiestrandæġ	ġiestrandagas
genitive	ġiestrandæġes	ġiestrandaga
dative	ġiestrandæġe	ġiestrandagum

Descendants

Middle English: yesterday, ȝusterday, ȝurstendæi, ȝisterday, yisterday, ȝesterdai, yusterday, ȝerstendæi, yurstai
- English: yesterday
- Scots: ȝisterday, ȝesterday
- Yola: yersthei, yerstei, yerstey

References

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

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