giestrandæg
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈji͜ys.trɑnˌdæj/
Noun
ġiestrandæġ m
- yesterday
- Mē wearþ ġiestrandæġ mīn hætt ġestolen.
- Yesterday my hat was stolen.
Declension
Strong a-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ġiestrandæġ | ġiestrandagas |
| accusative | ġiestrandæġ | ġiestrandagas |
| genitive | ġiestrandæġes | ġiestrandaga |
| dative | ġiestrandæġe | ġiestrandagum |
Descendants
- Middle English: yesterday, ȝusterday, ȝurstendæi, ȝisterday, yisterday, ȝesterdai, yusterday, ȝerstendæi, yurstai
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “gistrandæg”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.