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Substitute: Eástre, an (es in North); pl. an, on, un. [In W. S. the (wk.) pl. is almost always used, in the North sing. and pl., strong and wk. forms occur.]
of the Jewish festival,
the passover
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  • Freólsdæg azimorum is gecweden Eástre (-on,

    v. l.: Eóstro, L., Eóstru, R. pascha ),

      Lk. 22, 1.

  • Ꝥte wére geslægen Eóstro (Eóstru,

      R.), Lk. L. 22, 7.

  • Eástran on ǽfen

    Paschae vespere,

      Hy. S. 82, 19.

  • Þone Eástres dæg

    pascha diem,

      Bd. 5, 22; Sch. 685, 4.

  • Eástres (Eástra,

      R.), Lk. L. 2, 41: Mk. p. 5, 11: Jn. p. 6, 11.

  • Eástres (Eóstro,

      R.), Jn. L. 13, 1.

  • Eóstres,

      Mk. p. 5, 18: Lk. p. 11, 16: Jn. 12, 1.

  • Þínne Eástran geseón

    tuum Pascha videre,

      Hy. S. 56, 25.

  • Æfter twám dagum beóð Eástro (-on, v. l., Eástran, R. Eástro bið

    Pascha fiet,

      L.), Mt. 26, 2.

  • Wǽron Eástron (wæs Eástro (Eóstru,

      R.)), Mk. 14, 1.

  • Judéa Eástron (néh wæs Eástro (Eóstrum, R.)) wǽron gehende, and manega fóron ǽr þám Eástron (Eástræ, L., Eóstrum, R.)

    proximum erat Pascha Iudaeorum, et ascenderunt multi ante Pascha,

      Jn. 11, 55.

  • Eástrun,

      An. Ox. 40, 30, 29.

  • Eástran úre Críst is

    pascha nostrum Christus est,

      Hy. S. 82, 27.

  • Eástro úsra,

      Rtl. 25, 15.

  • Ðæra eóstruna

    azymorum,

      Mk. R. 14, 12.

  • Ǽr Judéa Eástrum,

      Bl. H. 67, 24: 71, 24.

  • Tó Eástron,

      Mt. 26, 17.

  • Neáh Eástron (Eóstrum,

      R.), Jn. 2, 13.
  • On Eástron, 23.

  • Ǽr þám Eástron (Eóstrum,

      R.), Jn. 12, 1.

  • Þonne ytst ðú þíne Eástru mid grénum lactucum,

      Angl. viii. 323, 21.

  • Þæt ic wyrce míne Eástro (Eástron,

    v. l.,

      Eástra, R.), Mt. 26, 18.

  • Hiǽ gearwadun Eástran (Eástro, L.)

    paraverunt Pascha,

    19.

  • Þá hí Eástron (Eóstro,

      L., Eóstru, R.) offrodon, . . . ꝥ ðú Eástron (Eástro, L., Eóstru, R.) ete, Mk. 14, 12.
of the Christian festival,
Easter
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  • In swá hálgum dæge þǽre Eástron (þára Eástrena,

    v. l.

    ),
      Gr. D. 308, 24. 'Arís . . . nú tó dæg wǽron Eástran' . . . 'Ic wát ꝥ hit Eástron wǽron,' 99, 27-29.

  • Hé wæs gefullod on Eástrum . . . þá wæron Éstran on .ii. idus Apr̃.,

      Chr. 626; P. 25, 16.

  • Þá wǽron Eástron on .iii. N[^o] Apr̃.,

      1042; P. 163, 19.

  • Tó þám Eástran þe wǽron æfter þám middanwintre þe se cyng forðférde, and wǽron þá Eástran on þone dæg .xvi. kł. Mai,

      1066; P. 195, 29.

  • On þisan Eástron cóm se kyng tó Wincestre, and þá wǽron Eástra on .x. kł. Apr̃l.,

      1067; P. 202, 28.

  • Eástron,

      Angl. viii. 330, 14, 15, 16.

  • Þǽre ylcan nihte þára hálgan (þǽre hálegan) Eástrena

    eadem nocte sacrosancta dominici paschae,

      Bd. 2, 9; Sch. 147, 18.

  • Eástran

    phase,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 68, 80.

  • Ǽr Eástrum,

      Ll. Th. ii. 438, 25.

  • Ǽr þám hálgan Eástron

    ante sanctum Pascha,

      190, 18.

  • Néhst Eástron (-um,

    v. l.

    ),
      Gr. D. 308, 15.

  • Tó rihtum Eástrum,

      Chr. 716; P. 43, 15: 627; P. 25, 29.

  • Æfter Eástron,

      875; P. 73, 6.

  • Ofer Eástron,

      878; P. 76, 6.

  • Þæt hié Eástron onryht heóldon,

      716; P. 42, 15.

  • Fram þǽre hálgan Eástertíde oð eft Eástron

    from the holy Eastertide until Easter again,

      Lch. iii. 248, 23.
of a season of the year,
spring
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  • Hwæþer þú fægerra blóstmæna fægnige on eástran swelce þú hié gescópe . . . hwæþer hit ðínes gewealdes sié ꝥ se hærfest sié swá welig on wæstmum

    an vernis floribus ipse distingueris? aut tua in aestivos fructus intumescit ubertas?,

      Bt. 14, 1; F. 40, 24-28.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “eáster.” 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/43499.

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