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Langa-Frige-dæg

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Good-Friday
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  • Ðes passio gebyreþ on Langa-Frigadæg,

    • Jn. Skt. 18, 1, rubric
    • .
  • Man ne mót hálgian húsel on Langa-Frigedæg forðan ðe Crist þrowode on ðone dæg for ús

    the eucharist must not be consecrated on Good Friday, for Christ suffered for us on that day,

    • L. Ælfc. C. 36
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 558, 16
    • .

    [On langfridæi him on rode hengen,

    • Chr. 1137
    • ;
    • Erl. 263, 25.
    • ]
Etymology
[
Icel. Langi-frjádagr
:
Da. Lang-fredag.
In the E. D. S. Holderness Glossary Lang-Friday is given as the first Friday in Lent.
]
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