heodæg

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hiu dagu, from Proto-Germanic *hinō dagō (“on this day”, instrumental), from Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this”) + *dagaz (“day”). Cognate with Old Frisian hiūdega, hiōda (“today”), Old Saxon hōdigo, hūdigu (“today”), Old High German hiu tagu, hiutu, hiuto (“today”) > German heute, Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌼𐌰 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰 (himma daga). More at he, day. Possibly a calque of the Old Saxon word (see the Usage Notes section). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxe͜oːˌdæj/, [ˈhe͜oːˌdæj] === Adverb === hēodæġ (hapax legomenon) on this day; today ==== Usage notes ==== Only attested once in Genesis B, a translation of an Old Saxon text, the Old Saxon Genesis. As this word does not occur elsewhere in the extant corpus, but has cognates in even the most closely related Germanic languages, it may have been the Genesis B scribe's attempt at calquing an Old Saxon word that had been lost or displaced in Old English. ==== Synonyms ==== tōdæġ