todæg
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Middle English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]todæg
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of today
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]tōdæġ
- today
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
- ...ac mē tōdæġ swā wundorlīce is ġelumpen þæt ic þurh nān þincg ne mæġ ġecnāwan hwæðer þys sȳ Ephesa byriġ þe elles ǣniġ ōþer;...
- But to-day it has befallen me so wonderfully that I cannot by any means recognise whether this be the city of the Ephesians or else any other.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers"
Usage notes
[edit]- Unlike the modern descendant, tōdæġ only means "today" in the adverbial sense of "on the current day". For "today" as a noun, phrases like þēs dæġ ("this day") would be used. In the adverbial sense of "nowadays" or "these days", on þissum dagum was used instead.