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This is how it goes in Swedish as per our Norse history and heritage: Monday = Måndag = Månes dag (Máni's day) - Måne, the brother of Sol. "måne" is also Swedi
by hackermom 16y ago
This is how it goes in Swedish as per our Norse history and heritage:
Monday = Måndag = Månes dag (Máni's day) - Måne, the brother of Sol. "måne" is also Swedish for "moon"
Tuesday = Tisdag = Tyrs dag (Týr's day, son of Oden)
Wednesday = Onsdag = Odens dag (Oden's day)
Thursday = Torsdag = Tors dag (Thor's day)
Friday = Fredag = Frejas dag (Freyja's day) - some say this day is named after Frigg, and some Norse history seem to indicate that Freyja and Frigg are one and the same goddess that somehow got separated as two in literature
Saturday = Lördag = lögardagen, from old, old Swedish "laugr" (water/waterfall), the day on which you bathe
Sunday = Söndag = Sols dag (Sól's day) - "sol" is Swedish for "sun"
- zephjc 16y agoIcelandic shares only some and ends up being more like Bulgarian and Portuguese mentioned above - looks like the early Christian influence got the Icelanders too Monday: mánudagur = moon day Tuesday: þriðjudagur = 3rd day Wednesday: miðvikudagur = mid-week day Thursday: fimmtudagur = 5th day Friday: föstudagur = fasting day Saturday: laugardagur = washing day Sunday: sunnudagur = sun day