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==Old English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|ang|deġ||Mercian|Kentish}}
* {{alt|ang|deag|dæiġ|daig}}

===Etymology===
{{dercat|ang|gmw-pro|inh=1}}
{{inh+|ang|gem-pro|*dagaz}}. Cognate with {{cog|ofs|dei}}, {{cog|osx|dag}}, {{cog|odt|dag}}, {{cog|goh|tag}}, {{cog|non|dagr}}, {{cog|got|𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ang-IPA|dæġ}}

===Noun===
{{ang-noun|m|head=dæġ|dagas}}

# [[day]], {{lb|ang|usually}} as a period from [[sunrise]] to [[sunset]] and {{lb|ang|scientifically}} as a 24-hour period from [[sunrise]] to [[sunrise]]
#: {{ux|ang|Þā '''dagas''' bēoþ lange, ac þā ġēar bēoþ sċort.|The '''days''' are long, but the years are short.}}
#* ''[https://archive.org/details/poetrycodexverc00kembgoog/page/185/mode/2up?q= The Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn]''
#*: {{quote|ang|''Saga mē, on hū fela '''daga''' God ġeworhte ealle ġesċeafta?'|Tell me, in how many '''days''' did God create all creatures?}}
#* '''c. 992''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Homilies_of_the_Anglo-Saxon_Church/XXXIX "The First Sunday in the Lord's Advent"]
#*: {{quote|ang|Ēac is gehwilcum men his endenēxta '''dæġ''' nēar and nēar; and sē ġemǣnelīca dōm dæġhwomlīċe ġenēalǣhð, on ðām underfehð ānra ġehwilc be ðām ðe hē ġeearnode on līchaman, swā gōd swā yfel.|Also to every man is his last '''day''' nearer and nearer; and the common doom approaches daily, at which every one will receive according to what he has merited in body, whether good or evil.}}
#* '''c. 994''', [[w:Ælfric of Eynsham|Ælfric]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=-RYJAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA3 ''The Seasons of the Year'']:
#*: {{quote|ang|Wē hātaþ ānne '''dæġ''' fram sunnan upgange oþ ǣfen, ac swā þēah is on bōcum ġeteald tō ānum '''dæġe''' fram þǣre sunnan upgange oþ þæt hēo eft becume þǣr hēo ǣr upp stāg. On þām fæce sind ġetealda fēower and twentiġ tīda.|To us a '''day''' means from sunrise to sunset, but in books, one '''day''' is considered to last from when the sun rises to when it returns to where it started from. In that interval there are considered to be 24 hours.}}
# {{rune name|ang|d|ᛞ}}

====Declension====
{{ang-decl-noun-a-m|dæġ|dag}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|ang|dōgor}}
* {{l|ang|dœ̄ġ}}

====Derived terms====
{{col6|ang
|dæġes ēage
|dæġhwamlīċ
|hēodæġ
|īdæġes
|ġēares dæġ
|ġeōdagas
|ġēoldæġ
|ġiestrandæġ
|on þissum dagum
|tōdæġ
|wintres dæġ
}}

====Descendants====
* {{desctree|enm|day}}

{{topics|ang|Runic letter names}}
{{topics|ang|Time}}