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ymbren-dæg

  • noun [ masculine ]
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ymbren-dæg, es; m.
An Ember-day
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  • Wé forbeódaþ ordál and áðas freólsdagum and ymbrendagum,

    • L. C. E. 17
    • ;
    • Th. i. 370, 3
    • :
    • Wulfst. 117, 15
    • .
  • Ða ðe heora lencten wel gefæsten and ða twelf ymbrendagas,

    • 244, 20
    • .
with riht prefixed :--
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  • Ðis synt ða rihtymbrendagas

    (legitimi quatuor temporum dies )

    ðe man mid rihte healdan sceal; ðæt is, on kł. Martii, on ðære forman wucan; and kł. Iunii, on ðære æfteran wucan; and on kł. Septemƀ. on ðære þriddan wucan; and on kł. December, on ða néhstan wucan ǽr Cristes mæssan,

    • L. Ecg. P. addit. 21
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 234, 33
    • .
  • Áðas sindon tócweden freólsdagum and rihtymbrendagum,

    • L. Eth. v. 18
    • ;
    • Th. i. 308, 25
    • .
  • Gyf hwylc wydewe hý forlicge, béte .i. geár, and rihtymbrendagas tó eácan ðæs geáres

    et insuper quattuor temporum legitimis anni diebus

    • L. Ecg. C. 39
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 164, 30
    • .
Etymology
[
Iðe Úmbridawes, Wodnesdawes and Fridawes, A. R. 70, 6.
Embyrday, embyr angarium vel quatuor temporum, Prompt. Parv. 139.
Icel. Imbru-dagar (taken from English)
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v.  riht-ymbrendæg.
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  • ymbren-dæg, n.