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Revision as of 00:35, 13 February 2007
- All Saints
- alms
- Money or goods collected for the poor; charity.
- calends
- (sometimes kalends) The first day of the month in the Roman calendar; originally the day of the new moon.
- candlemas
- (sometimes Purification of the Blessed Virgin) Marks the end of the Christmas and Epiphany season; celebrated February 2.
- cock-crowing
- dawn
- etheling (eðeling)
- (sometimes atheling) Generally used to designate anyone of noble birth; often used in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to denote royalty from Wessex.
- ides
- Originally the day of the full moon in the Roman calendar, later became the 15th of March, May, July & October and the 13th day in other months.
- lidwiccian
- murrain
- Any disease of domestic animals that resembles a plague.
- nones
- The ninth day before Ides in the Roman calendar; the 7th of March, May, July and October and the 5th of other months.
- pall
- pounds
- right belief
- welkin
- The arch or vault of heaven; the sky.
A Definition of Calendrical Terms
WordNet
Online Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary
