Þunresdæȝ
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Þunresdæȝ is þǣre ƿuce dæȝ betƿēonan Ƿēdnesdæȝe and Frīȝedæȝe. His nama is ȝenumen of þǣm naman þæs Norþmannisce/Þēodisce godes Þunres.
Be sumum ȝeþēodsumnessum (sēo ISO 8601), āscieppaþ þā ȝēares Þunresdagas þā ƿucrīmunge: ƿuce 1 āsciepþ man sƿā þā ƿuce, þe hæfþ þone forman Þunresdæȝ þæs ȝēares, and sƿā forþ.
In þǣm folcliċan lēoðe, "Þunresdæȝes Ċild hæfþ feorran tō gānne".
In þǣm Ȝeānlǣhtan Rīċe, sind cystas ȝehealdene ȝemǣnelīce Þunresdagum. This was to ensure a high turnout, as people would have spent their previous weeks wages, paid the previous Friday.
In The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, the character Arthur Dent says "Þis must be Þunresdæȝ. I could never get þe hang of Þursdays". A few minutes later the planet Eorðe is destroyed.
Þunresdæȝ is ēac se forma nama þæs hēafodsƿēȝes Jasper Ffordes folclicra bōca: The Eyre Affair, Forloren In Gōdre Bēc, The Well of Lost Plots, and Something Rotten (not yet released). Hire full nama is Þunresdæȝ Nīehsta, playing on the British phrase. Hire mōdor nama is Ƿēdnesdæȝ.
