haligdæg

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hailagadagaz. Equivalent to hāliġ (“holy”) +‎ dæġ (“day”). Cognate with West Frisian hjeldei, Icelandic helgidagur and Swedish helgdag.

Noun

hāliġdæġ m

holy day, the Sabbath

Declension

Declension of haligdæg (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hāliġdæġ	hāliġdagas
accusative	hāliġdæġ	hāliġdagas
genitive	hāliġdæġes	hāliġdaga
dative	hāliġdæġe	hāliġdagum

Descendants

Middle English: halyday
- English: holiday
- Scots: haliday

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hāliġdæġ”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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