þursdæg
Old English
Etymology
Possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thunor's day”), but more likely from Old Norse þōrsdagr or Old Danish þūrsdag (“Thursday”) (compare modern Danish torsdag); all from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”), a calque of Latin dies Iovis, equivalent to Þunres (“genitive of the god's name Þunor”) + dæġ (“day”). More at thunder, day.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθursˌdæj/, [ˈθurˠzˌdæj]
Noun
þursdæġ m
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | þursdæġ | þursdagas |
| accusative | þursdæġ | þursdagas |
| genitive | þursdæġes | þursdaga |
| dative | þursdæġe | þursdagum |
Descendants
See also
| Days of the week in Old English · wicdagas (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mōnandæġ | tīwesdæġ | wōdnesdæġ | þunresdæġ | frīġedæġ | sæternesdæġ | sunnandæġ |