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Fastens-een
Fastens-een, -eve, -even Sc. and north. dial. Also 4 fast(e)ryn(gs-, 5–6 fasteringis-, 6 fasterns-, -trin-, -tron-, 8 fasten-, 8–9 fasting(s-, 9 fasterns-. [f. OE. fæstenes, gen. of fæsten fasten n. + even or eve.] The eve of or day before the fast (of Lent); Shrove-Tuesday.1375 Barbour Bruce x. 372...
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Fastelavn
in other mostly Germanic languages and languages with contact with it, including Kölsch Fastelovend, Limburgish Vastelaovend, Dutch Vastenavond, Scots Fastens-een
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fasten
▪ I. † ˈfasten, n. Obs. exc. in Comb. Fastens-een, Fasten Tuesday, dial. Forms: 1–2 fæsten fæstan, (Northumb. fæstern), 1–3 festen, vesten, 3 fasten, fastin, (fastim), 4– (see Fastens-een). [OE. fæsten str. neut.:—OTeut. type *fastunjo-m, f. *fast-êjan to fast. Similar but not exactly equivalent der...
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Shrove-tide
ˈShrove-tide Also 5 schrof-, -ffe-, shorff-, 5–6 shrof(f)-, 6 north. s(c)hraf-, 6–7 shros- (?); 6 shrosty (?), shrovety. [Of obscure origin. The first element is undoubtedly related to shrive and refers to the custom of being shriven in preparation for Lent. An OE. *scráf shriving, confession, f. sc...
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