Dæg

According to the Old English Dictionary:

DÆG

gen. dæges; pl. nom. acc. dagas; m: daga, an; m. I. a DAY; dies :-- Se dæg segþ ðam óðium dæge Godes wundru one day to another tells of God's wonders, Ps. Th. 18, 2. God hét ðæt leóht, dæg God called the light, day, Gen. 1, 5. Se þridda dæg the third day, Gen. 1, 13. Emnihtes dæg the day of equinox; æquinoctium, Menol. Fox 347; Men. 175. Wintres dæg the winter's day or beginning of winter, Menol. Fox 401; Men. 202. II. the time of a man's life; tempus vitæ humanæ :-- On midle mínra dagena in the midst of my days, Ps. Th. l01, 21. Heora dagena tíd dies eorum, 77. 32. On þreóra monna dæg in three men's days or lives, Bd. App. S. 771, 45. III. the Anglo-Saxon Rune ᛞ = the letter d, the name of which letter in Anglo-Saxon is dæg a day; hence this Rune not only stands for the letter d, but for dæg a day, as,- ᛞ byþ Drihtnes sond, deóre mannum day is the Lord's messenger, dear to men, Hick. Thes. vol. i. p. 135; Runic pm. 24; Kmbl. 344, 9. IV. the daily service of the early English church is recorded, referring to the example of the Psalmist, thus,-Dauid cwæþ seofon síðon on dæg ic sang ðé, Drihten, to lofe,-Ðæt is Ǽrst on ǽrne morgen;-Eft on undern-tíde; and 3 on nlidne dæg,-and 4 on nón,-and 5 on ǽfen,-and 6 on fóran niht,-and 7 on úhtan tíman David said,-seven times in a day, O Lord, I sang to thee in praise, that is,-First, in early morning [at break of day];-Next at nine o'clock;-and 31y at midday;-and 41y at the nones, 3 o'clock;-and 51y at even, at 6 o'clock, the 12th or an even or equal part of the 24 hours from 6 a.m. to 12 pm;-and 61y at the fore night [at 9 o'clock];-and 71y at midnight, that is from 12 o'clock at night, to 3 or later in the morning ǽr dægréde before dawn, Canon. Hrs. 361, 7-362, 6: Ælfc. Gl. 95; Som. 75, 126-76, 1; Wrt. Voc. 53, 7-15. in the day, by day. To dæg to-day. Dæg ǽr the day before. On ǽrran dæg on a former day. Óðre dæg another day. [Laym. dæi, dai: Orm daȝȝ: Plat. dag: O. Sax dag, m: Frs. dey: O. Frs. di, dei, dach, m: Dut. dag, m: Ger. tag: M. H. Ger. O. H. Ger. tac, tag, m: Goth. dags, m: Swed. Dan. dag, m: Icel. dagr, m: Lat. dies: Sansk. div, dyaus, m. f. day.] DER. ǽr-dæg, blǽd-, deáþ-, dóm-, eald-, ealdor-, earfoþ-, ende-, feorh-, freóls-, fyrn-, gang-, geár-, gebéd-, gebyrd-, gefeoht-, geheald-, geld-, gemynd-, geswinc-, gewin-, gyrstan-, lǽn-, líf-, mǽl-, mid-, ræst-, síþ-, swylt-, symbel-, tíd-, weder-, weorc-, wic-, wil-, win-, winter-, wyn-: heó-dæg: án-dæge: daga, án-daga. dæg

Related words: tíd-sang. ¶ On dæg