Sunday, November 10, 2024

Sunday Greetings and Open Thread


 I wish you all a lovely Sunday!
Glorious!
Profound!
💛™ 

And a little bit to find out about the word.

Sunday (n.)
first day of the week, the Lord's Day, Middle English son-dai, from Old English sunnandæg (Northumbrian sunnadæg), "day of the sun," from sunnan, oblique case of sunne "sun" (see sun (n.)) + dæg "day" (see day).


A Germanic loan-translation of Latin dies solis "day of the sun," which is itself a loan-translation of Greek hēmera heliou. Compare Old Saxon sunnun dag, Old Frisian sunnandei, Old Norse sunnundagr, Dutch zondag, German Sonntag "Sunday."

In European Christian cultures outside Germanic, the day-name often means "the Lord's Day" (Latin Dominica). Ascription of the sun to the first day of the week is ancient and astrological.


at 187 Comments
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

PBird's Most Visited Posts In The Past Year

  • In Acknowledgment Of Our Friend, Mawskrat
      "I'm just passing through." –Mawskrat ᪥ Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.... No man, ...
  • O To Be A Boomer! Its The Friday Of Our Lives
    Its envy you know.   For we just may be a mythic race. Born into the soporific fifties, smug time of the world. We had the questions. The an...
  • Took Shabbat Off, Taking A Breath
    🤍          Our friend Mr. Baby Sir is a top-level expert at taking it all in stride.  He has the essentials down. The cat knows when to tak...
  • A Visitation One Morning
                 The bird’s tail switched back forth when she walked as if she were the re-embodiment of Mae West somehow. She was a show stoppe...
  • So. It's Friday
      And it's one of those open thread days. May 3, 2024. May it be a blessing to us all and all we love. Happily In The Center of His Will...
  • In Thanksgiving
     🤍 A favorite photo. Mary Ruth Olson/Jettie G.           What a treat it was to know her! She was so very full of life, and fun. But of co...
  • The Recovery of Maeve
      🌸🖤🌸             What can a Raven do while recovering?             In a way, all she can do is return to the days of her youth and lie i...
  • Gifts For Emmy
                 “Hey, Emmy,” said Jessie one day that fall, “let’s put our coats on and walk down to see what’s in the mailbox!” Walking to th...
  • Ralph Knew It Was Time
                    One morning in the cave, with Ramona still sleeping, which was strange because she was always first up, and Twigg and Cher...
  • Arboreal Olympiad
           Like so many things up by the cave in the Baker National Forest, it started out as one of Ralph’s jokes.      He was getting some si...