mekedag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

mikedag
møkedag

Dialects

mékdag
mekkdag
mekjedag
mevkedag
mekrdag
mækedag
mækdag
mykedag
mykdag
møk(k)dag
møk(e)rdag
mørkedag
mokidag
makedag

Etymology

From Old Norse miðvikudagr (“midweek day”), likely a calque of Old High German mittawehha (literally “middle of the week”). Cognate with Faroese mikudagur and Icelandic miðvikudagur.

Noun

mekedag m (definite singular mekedagen, indefinite plural mekedagar, definite plural mekedagane)

Wednesday
Synonym: onsdag

See also

(days of the week) vekedagar; sundag/søndag, måndag, tysdag, onsdag/mekedag, torsdag, fredag, laurdag ^{(Category: nn:Days of the week)}

References

“mekedag” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
“Mekedag” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

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