haligdæg
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hailagadagaz. Equivalent to hāliġ (“holy”) + dæġ (“day”). Cognate with West Frisian hjeldei, Icelandic helgidagur and Swedish helgdag.
Noun
hāliġdæġ m
- holy day, the Sabbath
Declension
Declension of haligdæg (strong a-stem)
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | hāliġdæġ | hāliġdagas |
| accusative | hāliġdæġ | hāliġdagas |
| genitive | hāliġdæġes | hāliġdaga |
| dative | hāliġdæġe | hāliġdagum |
Descendants
- Middle English: halyday
- English: holiday
- Scots: haliday
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hāliġdæġ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.