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hláf-mæsse

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hláf-mæsse, -messe, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§150;
Lammas, a name for the first of August
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  • Ðæt wæs on ðære tíde calendas Agustus and on ðæm dæge ðe wé hátaþ hláfmæsse

    it was on the first of August, on the day that we call Lammas,

    • Ors. 5, 13;
    • Swt. 246, 17.

  • On ðære nihte ðe gé hátaþ Hláfmesse

    on the day that you call Lammas,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 384, 11.

  • Bringeþ Agustus Hláfmæssan dæg

    August brings Lammas-day,

    • Menol. Fox 277;
    • Men. 140.

  • Betwix hláfmæssan and middum sumera

    between Lammas and midsummer,

    • Chr. 921;
    • Erl. 106, 5.

  • Tóforan Hláfmæssan,

    • 1101;
    • Erl. 237, 24.

  • Æfter hlámmessan,

    • 1009;
    • Erl. 142, 16.

  • Tó Lámmæssan,

    • 1085;
    • Erl. 219, 3.
Etymology
[Piers P. lammasse:
Prompt. Parv. lammasse festum agnorum vel Festum ad vincula Sancti Petri.]
Similar entries
v. next word, and hláf-sénung.
Linked entries
v.  hláf-sénung hlám-mæsse.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hláf-mæsse.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19177.

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