wodnesdæg

Old English

Alternative forms

• *wēdnesdæġ, wōdnesdœġ

Etymology

From Wōdnes (“gen. of Wōden”) +‎ dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, a calque of Latin diēs Mercuriī.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwoːd.nesˌdæj/, [ˈwoːd.nezˌdæj]

Noun

wōdnesdæġ m

1. Wednesday
   • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 5

     Ðis sċeal on Wōdnesdæġ, on ðǣre syxtēoðan wucan ofer Pentecosten; and on Frīḡedæġ innan ðǣre ċȳswucan

     This should [be read] on the Wednesday of the sixteenth week after Pentecost and on the Friday of the Cheese Week.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	wōdnesdæġ	wōdnesdagas
accusative	wōdnesdæġ	wōdnesdagas
genitive	wōdnesdæġes	wōdnesdaga
dative	wōdnesdæġe	wōdnesdagum

Related terms

• wōdnesniht (“Tuesday night”)

Descendants

• Middle English: Wednesday, wedenesday, wednesday, Wednesdei, Wedonesday, weodnesdei (AB language), wodnysday (Kent), wodnesdai, wodinsdai (Oxfordshire), Wennessday, Wensday, Wonnysday, wonysday (syncopic, mostly Late Middle English)
  • English: Wednesday
    • → Māori: Wenerei
  • Middle Scots: Wedinsday, Wednisday, Wadinsday
    • Scots: Wadensday, Wednesday
  • Yola: Wennesdei