Anglo Saxon day of the week: Monday

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Mus Musculus

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Monday (n.)
second day of the week, Middle English monedai, from Old English mōndæg, contraction of mōnandæg "Monday," literally "day of the moon," from mona (genitive monan; see moon (n.)) + dæg (see day). A common Germanic name (compare Old Norse manandagr, Old Frisian monendei, Dutch maandag, German Montag). All are loan-translations of Late Latin Lunæ dies, which also is the source of the day name in Romance languages (French lundi, Italian lunedi, Spanish lunes), itself a loan-translation of Greek Selēnēs hēmera. The name for this day in Slavic tongues generally means "day after Sunday."
 
Z Victor 1 said:
Very interesting, but I'm not sure that this will attract a huge following on this Forum. Mind you, I'm a Celt so what do I know? :)
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I am not looking at attracting any following. It's just one of my hobbies, which I have a tendency of being a bit too enthusiastic about.

All my friends in real life know very well not to allow me to start rumbling about Anglo-Saxons or the history of the English language. ;)
 
Ah, the English, the old enemy! =)) Actually I'm not sure exactly whether I'm a Celt or a Scot. It's a long story.
 
There are a few of us on here that were probably around in those days =))
I think I must be more french though from the Lunae ……..as I’m often called a Loony:whistle:
 
I love reading your posts 🌞
They are very interesting 🙂
 
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