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mæsse

  • noun [ feminine ]
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mæsse, messe, an; f.
a service of the church, mass
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  • Mæsse

    missa,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 8.

  • Ǽne þrowade Crist, ac swáðeáh dæghwomlíce biþ his þrowung geedníwod þurh gerýnu ðæs hálgan húsles æt ðære hálgan mæssan; forðí fremaþ seó hálige mæsse miclum ge ðám lybbendum ge ðám forþfarenum,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 376, 10-13.

  • Nú is seó mæsse gemynd Drihtnes þrowunge,

    • L. Ælfc. P. 31
      • ;
    • Th. 6, 13.

  • Mæssan singan

    to celebrate mass,

    • Bd. 1. 27
      • ;
    • S. 496, 23: 4, 22
      • ;
    • S. 592. 8.

  • Mæssan dón,

    • 4, 22
      • ;
    • S. 591, 29 note.

  • Se biscop and se mæssepreóst sceolan húru embe seofon niht mæssan gesingan for eal cristen folc ðe ǽfre ácenned wæs,

    • Blickl. Homl. 45, 31.

  • Æfter ðon ðe ðǽr wǽron ða hálgan lofsangas and mæssan gefyllede,

    • 207, 59.
a festival day when a solemn mass was celebrated, -mas in Christmas, Michaelmas, &c.
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  • Temples mæssa

    scenopegia,

    • Jn. Skt. Lind. 7, 2.

  • Æfter Andréas mæssan,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 18
      • ;
    • Som. 9, 56.

  • Tó sanctae Michaheles mæssan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 197, 2.

  • Tó sancte Martines mæssan,

    • 211, 11.

  • Ǽr ealra háligra mæssan.

    • Chr. 901
      • ;
    • Erl. 96, 22.

  • Tó Cristes mæssan,

    • 1104
      • ;
    • Erl. 239, 13.

  • Wé Marian mæssan healdaþ.

    • Menol. Fox 40
      • ;
    • Men. 20: L. Alf. pol. 43
      • ;
    • Th. i. 92, 7.
Etymology
[From Low Latin missa v. Skeat's Dict. s.v. mass, for the meaning.
Icel. messa
:
O. H. Ger. messa, missa
:
M. H. Ger. messe
:
Ger. messe.
]
Similar entries
v. candel-, capitol-, hláf-mæsse; mæsse-dæg.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “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/22203.

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