FromMiddle Englishdai spring, equivalent today +‎spring.

dayspring (pluraldaysprings)

1. (archaic) The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; thedawn;daybreak.
   • 1900,The Holy Bible, […] (American Standard Version), New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons,Luke 1:78:

     Because of the tender mercy of our God, Whereby thedayspring from on high shall visit us

   • 1901,The Holy Bible, […] (American Standard Version), New York: Thomas Nelson & Sons,Job 38:12:

     Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days began, And caused thedayspring to know its place

• break of day,daybreak,sunup; see alsoThesaurus:dawn

• Noah Webster (1828) “dayspring”, inAn American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volumeI (A–I), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […],→OCLC.
• “dayspring”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.

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