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Old English · noun

cieswice

Normalised ċīeswice

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
Modern English
cheese weekcheeselenteatingweek

Meaning

  1. Cheese Week; the last week of eating cheese before Lent

    c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 5

    This should [be read] on the Wednesday of the sixteenth week after Pentecost and on the Friday of the Cheese Week.

Declension

Declension of cieswice
SingularPlural
Nominative ċīeswiceċīeswican
Accusative ċīeswicanċīeswican
Genitive ċīeswicanċīeswicena
Dative ċīeswicanċīeswicum

All forms (4)

Etymology

ċīese (“cheese”) + wice (“week”)

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