Old English Dictionary Entry

Dagian

Part of speech: dagigan;

Definitions

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1 dagian

p. ode; pp. od [dagas days, pl. of dæg a day] To DAWN, to become day, be day; lucescere :-- Mín leóht me tocymeþ ðonne hit dagian ongynneþ mea lux, incipiente aurora, mihi adventure est, Bd. 4. 8; S. 576, 7: 4, 9; S. 576, 30. Ne ðis ne daraþ eástan this dawns not from the east, Fins. Th. 4; Fin. 3. Swylce hit ealle niht dagie [dagige MSS. P. S.] as though it were day all night, Bd. de nat. rerum; Wrt. popl. science 12, 9; Lchdm. iii. 260, 1. [Prompt. dagyn': Piers P. Chauc. dawe: Laym. dæȝen, daiȝen, daȝiȝen: Plat. dagen: Dut. dágen: Kil. daghen: Ger. M. H. Ger. tagen: O. H. Ger. tagén: Dan. det daget it dawns: Swed. Icel. daga.] DER. án-dagian, ge-án-. dagian

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Runic Inscription

ᛞᚪᚷᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Wrt.: Wright, T. & Wülcker, R. P., Anglo-Saxon and Old English Vocabularies

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