Note 59 — THE TRAVELS OF SÆWULF.
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Die Ægyptiaca, hora Ægyptiaca. The superstitious belief in unlucky, or, as they were commonly termed, Egyptian days, was universally prevalent in the middle ages; and the days of the month believed to have this character, and on which it was unpropitious to begin or undertake any thing, are often marked in the early calendars and other manuscripts. [59]