þursdæg

Old English

Etymology

Possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thunor's day”), but more likely from Old Norse þōrsdagr or Old Danish þūrsdag (“Thursday”) (compare modern Danish torsdag); all from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”), a calque of Latin dies Iovis, equivalent to Þunres (“genitive of the god's name Þunor”) +‎ dæġ (“day”). More at thunder, day.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθursˌdæj/, [ˈθurˠzˌdæj]

Noun

þursdæġ m

Thursday

Declension

Declension of þursdæg (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	þursdæġ	þursdagas
accusative	þursdæġ	þursdagas
genitive	þursdæġes	þursdaga
dative	þursdæġe	þursdagum

Descendants

Middle English: Thursday
- English: Thursday
- Scots: Fuirsday

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