Dagian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Dagian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: dagigan; Related words:

Definitions

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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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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