from E-NED: Middle English thuresday, thursday, from Old English thuresdæg, thursdæg, from Old Norse thōrsdagr; akin to Old English thunresdæg Thursday, Old High German Donares tag; all from a prehistoric North Germanic-West Germanic compound formed from constituents represented by Old High German Donar, the Germanic god of the sky (from thonar, donar thunder), and by Old High German tag day; translation of Latin Jovis dies, literally, day of Jupiter (the ancient Roman god of the sky and theplanet Jupiter) c 1460 - The English Register of Oseney Abbey; see Example below From: The English Register of Oseney Abbey, By Oxford
Written about 1460 Edited by Andrew Clark Part I: Text Published for the Early English Text Society, 1907 XXV. Ledwell P. 138
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