"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: Inherited from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag. Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=2}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|dæġ|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English dæġ, {{inh+|enm|ang|dæġ}} Inherited from 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 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English pronouns Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 29 5 16 19 16 15 Disambiguation of Middle English pronouns: 37 9 14 13 17 10
  2. day (as opposed to night)
    Sense id: en-day-enm-noun-NRAiI1nv
  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

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      "word": "Monday"
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          "text": "Þu myhteſ faren al a dæiſ fare ſculdeſt thu neure finden man in tun ſittende · ne land tiled.",
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          "text": "and he clepide the liȝt, dai, and the derkneſſis, nyȝt. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, o daie.",
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          "period"
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        "Early-Middle-English"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/dɛj/",
      "tags": [
        "Early-Middle-English"
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      "ipa": "/dæi̯/"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dæȝ"
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      "word": "dei"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
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    }
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      "word": "Tewesday"
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          "text": "Þu myhteſ faren al a dæiſ fare ſculdeſt thu neure finden man in tun ſittende · ne land tiled.",
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          "text": "and he clepide the liȝt, dai, and the derkneſſis, nyȝt. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, o daie.",
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          "sunlight",
          "sunlight"
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          "age",
          "age"
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          "period",
          "period"
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        "Early-Middle-English"
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      "word": "daȝ"
    },
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      "word": "dæȝ"
    },
    {
      "word": "dei"
    },
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      "word": "daye"
    },
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      "word": "daȝȝ"
    },
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      "word": "daȝh"
    },
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      "word": "daiȝ"
    },
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      "word": "*dah"
    }
  ],
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}

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