middes wintres dæg

Old English

Alternative forms

  • midwintres dæg

Etymology

Possibly a shortening of middes wintres mæssedæġ, which appears earlier. The closely analogous term middes wintres mæsseniht (“night before Christmas”) even appears in the Early West Saxon of the Parker Chronicle (late 9th century).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmid.des ˈwin.tres dæj/

Noun

middes wintres dæġ m

  1. Christmas Day
  2. a day of Christmas

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative middes wintres dæġ middes wintres dagas
accusative middes wintres dæġ middes wintres dagas
genitive middes wintres dæġes middes wintres daga
dative middes wintres dæġe middes wintres dagum

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Middle English: middewinteres day
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