#sunnun

Old High German - sunnun tag

Old Norse - sunnudagr

Roman era equivalent - Dies Solis

Sundays are truly a day of assimilation. The origin is Greek, assigning the sun as patron for that day. The Roman conquest introduced the weekly calendar to the early Germans, who copied the basic ideas, the name most of all; “Sun’s day”.

Although most Roman languages’ weekdays still include their godly namesake, such as vendredi (Venus) in French. The importance of the sun was abandoned in favor of “Lord’s Day” (Dies Dominica) or dimanche.

Sunna/Sól (OHG/Old Norse) is the personification of the Sun. The Merseburg incantations mentions her as the “sister of Sinthgunt”.

The Eddic texts tell how Sól and her brother Máni will be eaten by Fenrir on Ragnarök. But before this will happen, she will birth a daughter who will take over her path through the sky.

The Völuspá saga mentions; “The sun from the south, the moon's companion, her right hand cast about the heavenly horses”.