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Substitute:
The day when the end comes.
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cf. ende, II. 1
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  • Ðá wæs endedæg ðæs ðe Caldéas cyningdóm áhton

    then the power of the Chaldeans was at an end,

    • Dan. 679
      • .
the day of death,
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cf. ende, II, 4 a
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  • Þá wæs endedæg gódum gegongen, þæt se gúðcyning swealt,

    • B. 3035
      • .

  • Him wearð bám samod án endedæg

    they died together the same day,

    • Ap. 79
      • .

  • Æfre hé him gehende endedæges wéne

    let him ever think his last day at hand,

    • Wlfst. 75, 9
      • .

  • Hit nú swíþe neálǽceþ úrum endedæge,

    • Bl. H. 51, 35
      • .

  • Heó becóm tó hire ændedæge (ende-, v. l.)

    ad diem pervenit extremum,

    • Gr. D. 286, 17
      • .

  • Þrím dagum ǽr his endedæge,

    • Shrn. 134, 19.

  • Hé þǽr wunode oþ his endedæg

    (to his dying day),

    • Chr. 688
      • ;
    • P. 41, 6
      • .

  • Hwelcne endedæg mín módor oþðe mín geswuster gebídan scoldon

    quem exitum mater mea sororesque mee habituri sint,

    • Nar. 31, 19
      • .

  • Ic gefremman sceal eorlic ellen oððe endedæg mínne gebídan

    I will do or die,

    • B. 637
      • .
the last day,
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cf. ende, II, 1 a
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  • Ne lǽt láðe cwellan and bærnan sáwla úre . . . ne lǽt swá heánlíce þín handgeweorc on endedæge forwurðan,

    • Hy. 7, 112
      • .
Etymology
[v.
N. E. D. end-day.
Cf. O. H. Ger. endi-dago the last day.
]
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Cf. ende-dógor.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “ende-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/44049.

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