Ymbren-dæg

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ymbren-dæg

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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ymbren-dæg
m. An Ember-day :-- 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 :-- Ðis synt ða rihtymbrendagas (legitimi quatuor temporum dies), ðe man mid rihte healdan sceal; ðæt is, on kl. Martii, on ðære forman wucan; and kl. Iunii, on ðære æfteran wucan; and on kl. Septemb. on ðære þriddan wucan; and on kl. 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. et insuper quattuor temporum legitimis anni diebus), L. Ecg. C. 39; Th. ii. 164, 30. [Iðe Úmbridawes, Wodnesdawes and Fridawes, A. R. 70, 6. Embyrday, embyr angarium vel quatuor temporum, Prompt. Parv. 139. Icel. Imbru-dagar (taken from English).] ymbren-dæg

Related words: 18; Th. i. 308, 25. Gyf hwylc wydewe hý forlicge, béte .i. geár, and rihtymbrendagas tó eácan ðæs geáres (

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