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teóðung-dagas

  • noun [ masculine ]
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teóðung-dagas, pl.
Tithing-days, days amounting to a tithe of the year, a term applied to the thirty-six week days in the six weeks of Lent from the first Sunday in Lent until Easter-day
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  • Gif wé teóðiaþ ðás geárlícan dagas, ðonne beóþ ðǽr six and ðrítig teóðingdagas; and fram ðisum dæge (

    the first Sunday in Lent

    ) óð ðone hálgan Eásterdæg sind twá and feówertig daga; dó ðonne ða six Sunnandagas of ðam getele, ðonne beóþ ða six and ðrítig ðæs geáres teóðingdagas ús tó forhæfednysse getealde ... Wé sceolon on ðisum teóðingdagum úrne líchaman mid forhæfednysse teóðian,
      Homl. Th. i. 178, 21-30: ii. 608, 20: L. E. I. 37; Th. ii. 436, 10.
  • Ús gebyreþ, ðæt wé ǽlces þinges úre teóðunge rihtlíce Gode betǽcan; ðonne syndan ðás dagas (

    fast days of Lent

    ) getealde for teóðingdagas innan geáres fæce, and wé sculan eác ða teóðunge wyrðlíce Gode gelǽstan,
      Wulfst. 102, 21.
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  • teóðung-dagas, n.