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From: thorinn@diku.UUCP (Lars Henrik Mathiesen)
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Subject: Re: Days of the week
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Date: Fri, 6-Dec-85 13:00:36 EST
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In article <674@spar.UUCP> ellis@spar.UUCP (Michael Ellis) writes:
>saturn	  [samedi]	[saturday]  loerdag   E.{low/ley=flame},G.Loge,S.Loki

  I think the accepted etymology for "loerdag" in danish is `washing-day';
I am not sure whether saturday once had an other name - this might be the
original rendering of the foreign (Latin?/German?) name of the day.
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Lars Mathiesen, DIKU, Copenhagen, Denmark.  ..!mcvax!diku!thorinn