deaþdæg

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dauþudagaz. Equivalent to dēaþ (“death”) +‎ dæġ (“day”). Compare German Todestag and Swedish dödsdag.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdæ͜ɑːθˌdæj/, [ˈdæ͜ɑːðˌdæj]

Noun

dēaþdæġ m

1. day of one's death

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	dēaþdæġ	dēaþdagas
accusative	dēaþdæġ	dēaþdagas
genitive	dēaþdæġes	dēaþdaga
dative	dēaþdæġe	dēaþdagum

Descendants

• English: deathday

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dēaþdæġ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.