dagung

Old English

Etymology

From dagian +‎ -ung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.ɡunɡ/, [ˈdɑ.ɣuŋɡ]

Noun

dagung f

1. dawn, daybreak
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     An. DCCXCV Hēr wæs sē mōna āþȳstrod betwux hancrēd ⁊ dagunge on V Kƚ Aprilis. ⁊ Eard[wulf] feng tō Norþanhymbra cynedōme on II Iđ Maĩ., and hē wæs syððan ġebletsod ⁊ his cynestōle āhafen on VII Kƚ Iunii on Eoforwīc frām Ēanbalde arċebisċop, ⁊ Æþelberhte ⁊ Hiġebalde ⁊ Badwulfe [bisċeopas].

     Year 795 In this year the moon was obscured between the cock's crow and dawn on the fifth of April. And Eardwulf became king of Northumbria on the second of May, and then on the sevents of June his throne was raised and he was blessed in York by Archbishop Eanbald and Bishops Aethelbright, Higebald, and Badwulf.

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dagung	dagunga, dagunge
accusative	dagunge	dagunga, dagunge
genitive	dagunge	dagunga
dative	dagunge	dagungum