swíg-dæg
A day on which silence was to be observed
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A day on which silence was to be observed Circlíce þeáwas forbeódaþ tó secgenne ǽnig spel on ðám þrým swígdagum, Homl. Th. i. 218, 31: ii. 362, 16
fugel-dæg
A day on which poultry might be eaten
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A day on which poultry might be eaten Gif hit fuguldaeg sié. Gif hit þonne festendæg sié, Cht. Th. 460, 20
wil-dæg
A welcome day
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A welcome day On ðam wildæge. Exon. Th. 29, 7 ; Cri. 459
winn-dæg
A day of labour or of struggle
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A day of labour or of struggle Fela sceal gebídan leófes and láþes se ðe longe hér on ðyssum windagum worulde brúceþ, Beo. Th. 2128; B. 1062
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byrd-dæg
A birth-day ⬩ natalis dies
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A birth-day; natalis dies
dæg-ðerlíc
Daily, present ⬩ diurnus, hodiernus
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Hí þeónde þurhwunodon óþ ðisum dægðerlícum dæge they have continued prospering to this present day, ii. 132. 14: i. 28, 28: 32, 8
ceáp-dæg
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A bargaining or market-day Ceáp-dagas the Nones or stated times when the common people came to market; nonæe,Ælfc. Gl. 96; Som. 76, 27; Wrt. Voc. 53, 36: Cot 142
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resten-dæg
A day of rest, Sabbath
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; A day of rest, Sabbath; Ðæt þridde bebod is 'Beó ðú gemyndig ðæt ðú ðone restendag gehálgige' . . .
dæg-ryne
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Diurnum, i. unius diei dægrynum vel dæglicum . . . diurnae aescae dæghryne mettas, Wrt. Voc. ii. 141, 58, 62
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þeorf-dæg
A day on which unleavened bread was to be eaten
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Eásterdæg wæs se forma dæg on ðære ealdan ǽ, þonne se móna wæs .xiiii., and ða seofon dagas, ðe ðǽr æfter wǽron, wǽron gecíged dies azimorum, Anglia viii. 330, 19
gearwung-dæg
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Fore gearuungdæg (on ðǽm dæge gearuadon heora mett tó eástro symble, note in margin ), Jn. L. 19, 42. Cf. gearcung-dæg
gistran-dæg
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., nú tó dæg Stephanus . . . tó heofenum férde, Hml. Th. i. 56, 28: ii. 286, 26: Hml. S. 23, 468
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gearcung-dæg
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Óðrum dæge þe wæs gearcungdæg ( Para-sceuen ), Mt. 27, 62. v. gegearcung-dæg; gearwung-dæg. Add
hláfmæsse-dæg
Lammas-day, ⬩ the first of August
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Ǽr hláfmæsse [dǽge?], L. M. 1, 72; Lchdm. ii. 146, 9. Æfter hlámmǽssedæge, Chr. 1100; Erl. 235, 33
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midne-dæg
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Se dæg wæs on þeóstre niht gecierred fram midnedæg (middum dæge, v. l. ) oþ nón, Shrn. 67, 18. On ǽrnemerigen, on undern, on midnedæg, and on ðǽre endlyftan tíde, Hml. Th. ii. 74, 9. Add
morgen-dæg
morning ⬩ day-light ⬩ the morrow
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morning, day-light Ðá hit wæs tóforan dæges ðá cwóman fugelas . . . hí eft gewiton. Ðá hit on mor-gendæg wæs ðá . . ., Nar. 16, 24. the morrow Be ðan morgendæge þencean. Blickl. Homl. 213, 22
Linked entry: merigen-dæg
Sunnan-dæg
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Sæternes-dæges óþ ðæs Mónan-dæges líhtinge, L.
líf-dæg
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Gyf God ne gescyrte ðæs þeódscaþan lífdagas, Wulfst. 86, 17. Sumon dægbóte and sumon má daga and sumon ealle his lífdagas, L. Pen. 3; Th. ii. 278, 14: Cd. 43; Th. 56, 10; Gen. 910.
bodung-dæg
An annunciation day ⬩ annuntiationis dies
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An annunciation day; annuntiationis dies Ðes dæg is geháten Annuntiatio Sanctæ Mariæ, ðæt is Marian bodungdæg gecweden this day is called Annuntiatio Sanctæ Mariæ, which is interpreted, the annunciation-day of Mary, Homl. Th. i. 200, 25
dóm-dæg
DOOMSDAY, judgment-day
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DOOMSDAY, judgment-day; dies jūdĭcii-Ǽr he dómdæges dyn gehýre before he shall hear doomsday's din, Salm. Kmbl. 545; Sal. 272. Æt dómdæge, Exon. 31 b; Th. 99, 3; Cri. 1619. On dómdæge, 99 b; Th. 372, 19; Seel. 95: Cd. 227; Th. 302, 15; Sat. 600. On ðam