Old Norse Etymology Calque of Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, corresponding to Óðinn (“Odin”) and dagr (“day”). Noun óðinsdagr m Wednesday Descendants Icelandic: óðinsdagur Faroese: ónsdagur Norwegian Nynorsk: onsdag Old Swedish: ōþinsdagher Swedish: onsdag Old Danish: othænsdagh Danish: onsdag Norwegian Bokmål: onsdag Gutnish: onsdag, onsdagar See also days of the week: dagar í vikunni (appendix): sunnudagr · mánadagr~mánudagr · týsdagr · óðinsdagr · þórsdagr · frjádagr · laugardagr [edit] Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.