Difference between revisions of "Glossary"

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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
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
lidwiccian
murrain
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

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-;All Saints<p>
+;All Saints
-;alms : Money or goods collected for the poor; charity.<p>
+;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.<p>
+;calends : (sometimes ''kalends'') The first day of the month in the Roman calendar; originally the day of the new moon.
-;candlemas<p>
+;candlemas
-;cock-crowing<p>
+;cock-crowing
-;dawn<p>
+;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.<p>
+;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<p>
+;ides
-;lidwiccian<p>
+;lidwiccian
-;murrain<p>
+;murrain
-;nones : The ninth day before Ides in the Roman calendar; the 7th of March, May, July and October and the 5th of other months.<p>
+;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<p>
+;pall
-;pounds<p>
+;pounds
-;right belief<p>
+;right belief
-;welkin<p>
+;welkin
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 [http://www.highdown.reading.sch.uk/highdown/pupil/time/calendars/terms.html A Definition of Calendrical Terms]