sunnandæg

Old English

Alternative forms

• sunnandæiġ

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sunnōn dag, a calque of Latin dies Solis. Cognate with Old Frisian sunnandei, Old Saxon sunnundag, Old High German sunnuntag, Old Norse sunnudagr. Equivalent to sunnan (“the sun's”) + dæġ (“day”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsun.nɑnˌdæj/

Noun

sunnandæġ m

1. Sunday
   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Sēo tīd onginð on ðisum Sunnandæġe, nigon wucon ǣr Ēastron, and ġeendað on ðām Saternesdæġe þǣre Ēasterlīċan wucan: tō ðām dæġe sind heonon ġetealde hundseofontiġ daga; and þæt Israhela folc, for heora māndǣdum and forgǣġednyssum, wurdon ġehergode, and hundseofontiġ ġēara on Babilonisċum þēowdōme, buton blisse and myrhðe, wunodon.

     This period begins this Sunday, nine weeks before Easter, and ends on the Saturday in the week of Easter: to that day, from here, are seventy days; and the Israelites, for their evil deeds and transgressions, were taken captive, and spent seventy years living in slavery to the Bablyonians, without joy or mirth.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sunnandæġ	sunnandagas
accusative	sunnandæġ	sunnandagas
genitive	sunnandæġes	sunnandaga
dative	sunnandæġe	sunnandagum

Derived terms

• Palmsunnandæġ (“Palm Sunday”)
• sunnanmorgen (“Sunday morning”)
• sunnanniht (“Saturday night”)
• sunnanǣfen (“Saturday evening”)

Descendants

• Middle English: Sonday, soneday, Sonenday, Sonneday, Sonnenday, Sunneday, sunnedei, Sunnenday, zondai (Kent), Sunenndaȝȝ (Ormulum)
  • English: Sunday (see there for further descendants)
  • Middle Scots: Sonday, Sounday
    • Scots: Sinday, Sunday
  • Yola: Zindei