dægmæl
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From dæġ (“day”) + mǣl (“mark”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
dæġmǣl n (nominative plural dæġmǣl)
- an instrument for telling the hour of the day; a timekeeper (e.g. clock, sundial, waterclock, etc.)
- Þæt dæġmǣl ticcode ġehīerendlīċe.
- The clock ticked audibly.
Declension[edit]
Declension of dægmæl (strong a-stem)
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “dæg-mǽl”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.