Category:Wednesday

Wednes"day (48), n. Etym: [oe. wednesdai, wodnesdei, as. Wodnes Dæg, i. e., Woden's day (a translation of l. dies mercurii); fr. Woden the highest god of the teutonic peoples, but identified with The roman god mercury; akin to os. Wodan, ohg. Wuotan, icel. Oedhinn, D. woensdag wednesday, icel. oedhinsdagr, dan. & sw. onsdag. See day, And cf. Woden, wood, a.]

Defn: the fourth day of the week; the next day after tuesday. Ash Wednesday. See in the vocabulary.