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dagian

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
dagian, dagigan; p.ode ; pp.od[dagas days, pl. of dæg a day]
Wright's OE grammar
§57; §320;
To DAWN, to become day, be day; lucescere
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  • Mín leóht me tocymeþ ðonne hit dagian ongynneþ

    mea lux, incipiente aurora, mihi adventure est,

    • Bd. 4. 8
    • ;
    • S. 576, 7: 4,
    • 9;
    • S. 576,
    • 30.
  • Ne ðis ne daraþ eástan

    this dawns not from the east,

    • Fins. Th. 4
    • ;
    • Fin. 3
    • .
  • Swylce hit ealle niht dagie [dagige MSS. P. S.]

    as though it were day all night,

    • Bd. de nat. rerum
    • ;
    • Wrt. popl. science 12,
    • 9;
    • Lchdm. iii. 260,
    • 1.
Etymology
[
Prompt. dagyn':
Piers P. Chauc. dawe:
Laym. dæȝen, daiȝen, daȝiȝen:
Plat. dagen:
Dut. dágen:
Kil. daghen:
Ger. M. H. Ger. tagen:
O. H. Ger. tagén:
Dan. det daget it dawns:
Swed. Icel. daga
.]
Derived forms
án-dagian, ge-án-
Linked entries
v.  dægian.
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