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Frig-dæg

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Frig-dæg, Frige dæg, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§275;
FRIDAY, Friga's day, the day on which the heathens worshipped the goddess Friga, or Venus, the consort of Woden and protectress of matrimony; dies Vĕnĕris
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  • Man singe ǽlc Frigdæge æt ǽlcum mynstre, ealle ða Godes þeówan, án fíftig sealmas for ðone cyng

    one shall sing every Friday, at every monastery, all servants of God fifty psalms for the king,

    • L. Ath. iv. 3
      • ;
    • Th. i. 222, 18.

  • Ǽlces Frige dæges fæsten

    every Friday's fast,

    • L. Edg. i. 5
      • ;
    • Th. i. 264. 23: L. C. E. 16
      • ;
    • Th. i. 368, 25.

  • Fæstan ǽlce Frige dæg

    to fast every Friday,

    • L. Eth. v. 17
      • ;
    • Th. i. 308, 23: vi. 24
      • ;
    • Th. i. 320, 22.

  • Dis sceal on Frige dæg ofer twelftan dæg

    this [Gospel] must be [read] on Friday after the twelfth day,

    • Rubc. Mt. Bos. 4, 12, 23
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    • Notes, p, 574.
For Friga v. Grm. D. M. p. 278 ; and for names of the days of the week in the several Teutonic dialects pp. 112-115.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “Frig-dæg.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/12393.

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