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Old English Dictionary Entry

Dagung

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1 dagung

f. A dawning, dawn, day-break; aurora, tempus matutinum, diluculum :-- Betwux hancréd and dagunge between cock-crowing and dawn, Chr. 795; Erl. 59, 26: 802; Erl. 61, 19. Eóde he út on dagunge of ðam húse egressus est tempore matutino de cubiculo, Bd. 3, 27; S. 559, 1. On dagunge he eft acwicode and semninga uppasæt diluculo reviviscens ac repente residens, 5, 12; S. 627, 13: 4, 8; S. 576, 9: 4, 23; S. 596, 17. On dagunge ðæs fiftan dæges quinta inlucescente die, 5, 19; S. 640, 26. dagung
Runic Inscription

Runic Inscription

ᛞᚪᚷᚢᛝ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.
Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
Chr.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Erl.
Earle, J. (editor)
S.
Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)
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