"Tewesday" meaning in Middle English

See Tewesday in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtiu̯(ə)zdæi̯/, /ˈtiːzdæi̯/ [Northern]
Etymology: Inherited from Old English tīwesdæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag; the form Tisday is possibly from Old Norse týsdagr. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|tīwesdæġ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English tīwesdæġ, {{inh+|enm|ang|tīwesdæġ}} Inherited from Old English tīwesdæġ, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*Tīwas dag}} Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag, {{bor|enm|non|týsdagr}} Old Norse týsdagr Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} Tewesday Forms: tiwesday [alternative], Tiwesday [alternative], tywesday [alternative], Tuesday [alternative, Late-Middle-English], Tuwisday [alternative, Late-Middle-English], twesdaye [alternative, Late-Middle-English], twiusdai [alternative, Late-Middle-English], Tywysday [alternative, Late-Middle-English], Tewisday [alternative], Tyisday [alternative], Tisday [alternative, Northern], Tyseday [alternative, Northern], tywersday [alternative], Tis-dæi [alternative], Tisdei [alternative]
  1. Tuesday (third day of the week)

Alternative forms

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