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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.
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  • hláf-mæsse, n.