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| − | ;alms : | + | ;alms : Money or goods collected for the poor; charity. |
| − | ;calends | + | ;calends : (sometimes ''kalends'') The first day of the month in the Roman calendar; originally the day of the new moon. |
;candlemas | ;candlemas | ||
;cock-crowing | ;cock-crowing | ||
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;lidwiccian | ;lidwiccian | ||
;murrain | ;murrain | ||
| − | ;nones | + | ;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 | ;pall | ||
;pounds | ;pounds | ||
;right belief | ;right belief | ||
;welkin | ;welkin | ||
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| + | [http://www.highdown.reading.sch.uk/highdown/pupil/time/calendars/terms.html A Definition of Calendrical Terms] | ||
Revision as of 00:01, 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
- 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
