Wēdnesdæg
Wēdnesdæg is þǣre wuce dæg betwēonan Tīwesdæge and Þunresdæge. Se nama cymþ of þǣm Ealdan Engliscan geþēode, and hē getācnaþ "Wēdnes dæg". Sēo steorwigles tācnung þæs plānetan Mercury spelaþ Wēdnesdæg, sē þe wæs dies mercurii þǣm Rōmānum. On Englisce, þes wearþ Wēdnes Dæg, for þǣm þe se rōmānisce god Mercurius wearþ geefned mid Wēdne in norðernum Europan.
Hwonne Sunnandæg is genumen swā se fyrmesta dæg þǣre wuce, se dæg in þǣm middle þǣre folgiendan wuce is Wēdnesdæg. Gelīclīce, se Þēodisca nama Wōdnesdæges wæs ǣr Mittwoch (rihte: "midwucu") sīþ þǣm 10an Gēarhundrede, for þǣm þe hē forþrang þone fruman naman: Wodanstag.
In þǣm folclēoðe, "Wēdnesdæges Cild is wāfull".