middes wintres dæg
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Christmas Day
- a day of Christmas
Declension
[edit]Declension of middes wintres dæġ (strong a-stem)
Case | Singular | Plural |
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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
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Middle English: middewinteres day