dæg

day

Forms

dæg
day — English form after the final Old English consonant developed into a y sound.

Proto-Germanic *dagaz, ‘day’; its deeper ancestry is disputed.

The word can refer to daylight or to a complete cycle of day and night.

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noun

The day between Friday and Sunday.

Etymology

The day-name preserves the Roman association of this day with Saturn. English combines the deity's name with its inherited word for day.