"day" meaning in Middle English

See day in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /daj/ [Early-Middle-English], /dɛj/ [Early-Middle-English], /dæi̯/ Forms: dayes [plural], days [plural], dawes [plural]
Etymology: From Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag. Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|enm|ang|dæġ}} Old English dæġ, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*dag}} Proto-West Germanic *dag Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} day, {{enm-noun|pl=dayes|pl2=days|pl3=dawes}} day (plural dayes or days or dawes)
  1. day (composed of 24 hours)
    Sense id: en-day-enm-noun-ejAN3FkC
  2. day (as opposed to night)
    Sense id: en-day-enm-noun-NRAiI1nv Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English pronouns Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 12 67 6 7 7 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 11 66 6 7 8 2 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 13 72 3 3 7 1
  3. daylight, sunlight
    Sense id: en-day-enm-noun-meIPjC1P
  4. epoch, age, period Categories (topical): Time
    Sense id: en-day-enm-noun-wKtcgPQ- Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 0 100 0 0
  5. a certain day
    Sense id: en-day-enm-noun-9DSQAAsK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Pronoun

Head templates: {{head|enm|pronoun}} day
  1. Alternative form of þei (“they”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: þei (extra: they)
    Sense id: en-day-enm-pron--jYSxHJH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for day meaning in Middle English (4.7kB)

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      "form": "dayes",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "word": "Friday"
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      "word": "Monday"
    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Thursday"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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          "english": "And he called light \"day\" and the darkness \"night\". And the evening and morning was made; one day.",
          "ref": "a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Genesis 1:5”, in Wycliffe's Bible",
          "text": "and he clepide the liȝt, dai, and the derkneſſis, nyȝt. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, o daie.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "daylight"
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          "sunlight",
          "sunlight"
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            "Fundamental"
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          "age",
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      "ipa": "/dɛj/",
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
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      "ipa": "/dæi̯/"
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      "word": "daȝ"
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      "word": "dæȝ"
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      "word": "dei"
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      "word": "daȝȝ"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "daȝh"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "daiȝ"
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    }
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      "form": "days",
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      "word": "Childermasse day"
    },
    {
      "word": "dayly"
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    {
      "word": "ende-day"
    },
    {
      "word": "endyng day"
    },
    {
      "word": "Friday"
    },
    {
      "word": "holiday"
    },
    {
      "word": "lawday"
    },
    {
      "word": "loveday"
    },
    {
      "word": "Monday"
    },
    {
      "word": "Paske day"
    },
    {
      "word": "Saterday"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sunnenday"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tewesday"
    },
    {
      "word": "Thursday"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wednesday"
    },
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      "word": "weke-day"
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        {
          "english": "And he called light \"day\" and the darkness \"night\". And the evening and morning was made; one day.",
          "ref": "a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Genesis 1:5”, in Wycliffe's Bible",
          "text": "and he clepide the liȝt, dai, and the derkneſſis, nyȝt. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, o daie.",
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        }
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      ],
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          "daylight",
          "daylight"
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          "sunlight",
          "sunlight"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      ],
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          "epoch",
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          "age",
          "age"
        ],
        [
          "period",
          "period"
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      ]
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        "Early-Middle-English"
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      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
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    },
    {
      "word": "dæi"
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      "word": "dey"
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    {
      "word": "daȝ"
    },
    {
      "word": "dæȝ"
    },
    {
      "word": "dei"
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      "word": "daye"
    },
    {
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    },
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    },
    {
      "word": "daiȝ"
    },
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      "word": "*dah"
    }
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}

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