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Rh are, , or , , or.

day in the phrases: a)  , good day! of a series of holidays, mass-days, such as: Tammasmass- [dāg], St. Thomas’s day, the 21st of December; -d., St. Thorlak’s day, the 23rd of December; -d., Christmas day, — see further under ,  A form,  [dā] is found preserved in  in a few phrases, such as: “a ’s wark [‘work’]”, a day’s work;  ;  da, daw, , = day. A  form “, day-a [dēa, dɛ̄a]” is handed down in the  phrase: ,  , as days grow longer, stomachs get hungrier , see the verbal forms and ;  is a composite form, because “-a” represents the ending “ar” in  dagar, while “-” is  day. The word is found anglicised in the old  “day-”, , the close of day, sunset, = dagsetr,  —  dagr, , day. See the  , -light, , and ,.
 * dag$1$ [dag, dāg, (dāγ) dāχ], ,
 * *góðan dag; b) in the names

†dag$2$ [dag (dāg), däg],, tabu-name, used by fishermen at sea for mitten; usually in :. Origin uncertain. . — Sometimes (däg) is used of a sheep-mark (ear-mark), shaped like a mitten; in  and

, handed down in the phrase “ d. [häᶇä dâga]”, the day breaks, as an introduction to a fragment of song, partly in Norn, from *hann dagar, the day breaks, from daga,, to dawn.
 * daga [dāga],, 3rd

dagali [dag··ali·, dag··əli·], , badly done; badly prepared, of work, food, ; dis is d. from *dalk- by metathesis of lk to kl, gl. dalka,, to bungle; dirty, to stir; root, 

dagalien [dā·gali̇̄·ən] and dagali [dag··ali·, dag··əli·, dā··ga-],, the decline of day, the beginning of twilight, hit’s [‘it’s’] come to de d., the day declines. : , (occas.). Sometimes, by transferred use of the break of morning or day ; the use of . The word is also used in certain phrases to denote a long absence: hit [‘it’] will be , ere [‘before’] dey come back, it will be long before they come back ; du’s [‘you have’] been dee a d. , you have been long away (said to one coming home about nightfall). Outside the, de heild o’ de day is generally used for , ( heild,, declivity, inclining to one side). *dag-líðan, decline of day; líða,, to wear on, proceed. is certainly used adjectivally in the phrase “hit will be, ”;  “daglidet” in the phrase “det er daglidet”, the day is advanced.

daybreak., Only preserved in a short rhyme, belonging to the fable of the swan and the heron that fought for the down. “The heron and the swan got the offer, that the one that watched best, and first heralded the dawn, should receive down as a reward. The swan immediately went to sleep, and the heron started watching; but, as dawn approached, the swan awoke and was quite fresh, whereas the heron was about to fall asleep. At the decisive moment the swan called to the heron:
 * daga [dāga]-light,, daylight,