Old English Dictionary Entry

Wic-dæg

Part of speech: (wicu-, wuce-), es;

Definitions

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1 wic-dæg

m. I. a day of the week :-- Ðam æftran dæge (the day after Sunday), on óþrum witodlíce wucedæge die sequenti, secunda uidelicet feria, Anglia xiii. 387, 319. Ðæt hí ðý feórþan wicdæge and ðý syxtan (quarta et sexta Sabbati) fæston, Bd. 3, 5; S. 527, 9. Ðý drihtenlícan dæge and ðý fíftan wicdæge die dominica et quinta sabbati, 4, 25; S. 599, 30 : 600, 17. II. a week-day, a day on which business may be done :-- Wicdaga nundinarum, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 63. [O. H. Ger. wehha-tag : Icel. viku-dagr.] wic-dæg

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Runic Inscription

ᚹᛁᚳ-ᛞᚫᚷ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Icel.: Icelandic

Works & Authors

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

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