TheWadensday is theday o theweek atweenTysday anFuirsday. Its name comes fae theAuld InglisǷódnesdæȝ, meanin the day oWoden. The astrological sign o the warld Mercury represents Wadensday, an wis Dies Mercurii tae theRomans. InScots, this becam Woden's Day acause the Roman godMercury wis identified wi the Germanic god Woden innorthren Europe.
WhanSunday is taen as the first day o the week, the day in the middle o the eftergangin week is Wadensday. In theGerman, the name for Wadensday haes been Mittwoch (literally: "mid-week") sin the 10t century, cause it displaced the oreiginal name: Wodanstag.
Wadensday is in the middle o the common warkin week faeMonanday taeFryday forby. Hooivver, seeFuirsday anISO 8601.
In the popular rime, "Wadensday's bairn is fou wi wae".
In theSpaingie,miércoles is uised tae mean Wadensday, bit forby a hauf-rude euphemism for niver iver.
AInglis leid eediom for Wadensday is "hump day", a reference tae makkin it throu the middle o the warkweek as gettin "ower the hump".
The name for the day inArabic,Armenian,Georgian,Greek,Ebreu anPortuguese is "fowert day".Quakers tradeitionally caas Wadensday the "Fowert Day" an aw, eschewin the "heathen" oreegin o the name "Wadensday".
