middæg

Old English

Etymology

mid (“with, amid, amongst”) + dæg (“day”)

Noun

middæg

Midday, the sixth hour of daylight (12 pm).

Synonyms

middægtid; middeldæg; midnedæg; undern (in some later use)

Hypernyms

stunda, tid

Derived terms

middæglic, middægsang

Descendants

Middle English: midday
- English: midday

References

"middæg" in Bosworth & Toller's Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (1882), Oxford: Clarendon Press.

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