weorcdæg
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *werkadagaz. Cognate with Old High German werctag and Old Norse verkdagr. Equivalent to weorc + dæġ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwe͜orkˌdæj/, [ˈwe͜orˠkˌdæj]
Noun
weorcdæġ m
- workday (day on which work is done; in Anglo-Saxon England, typically any day but Sunday)
Declension
Declension of weorcdæg (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | weorcdæġ | weorcdagas |
| accusative | weorcdæġ | weorcdagas |
| genitive | weorcdæġes | weorcdaga |
| dative | weorcdæġe | weorcdagum |
Descendants
- Middle English: werkday
- English: workday
See also
Further reading
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “weorc-dæg”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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