dægred
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From dæġ (“day, daytime”) + variant of -rǣd.
Pronunciation
Noun
dæġrēd n
- dawn, the period of the early morning before sunrise when the sun's light begins to brighten the sky
Usage notes
In Bede & al., distinguished as the earlier part of the morning (matutinum or aurora) as opposed to diluculum, the period just before sunrise. Other times, it is inclusive of or (as in Ælfric) identified with diluculum instead.
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References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dægrēd”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- "Anglo-Saxon Manual of Astronomy", p. 6, in Popular Treatises on Science Written during the Middle Ages (1841), London: Historical Society of Science.