词汇 | wednesday |
词源 | Wednesday. Traditionally a good day for planting crops in ancient times, Wednesday is named for Woden, the Old English name of Wotan, the Scandinavian god of agriculture, war, wis- dom, and poetry. The Old English Wodensdaeg, or Woden’s day, became our Wednesday. |
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