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Old English · noun

eastre

Normalised ēastre

Part of speech
noun, feminine / neuter
Declension
weak n-stem
IPA
/ˈæ͜ɑːs.tre/
Syllables
ˈæ͜ɑːs · tre (2 syllables)
Modern English
easter

Meaning

  1. Easter

    An. DCCCC.LXXVII Hēr wæs þæt myċċle ġemōt æt Kyrtlingtūne ofer Ēastron, ⁊ þǣr forðferde Sidemann bisċeop, on hrǣdlīċan dēaþe on II Kƚ. Mai. Sē wæs Defnasċire bisċeop ⁊ hē wilnode þæt his līcræst sċeolde bēon æt Cridiantūne æt his bisċeopstōle.

    Year 977 In this year there was a great assembly after Easter at Kirtlington. There passed away Bishop Sideman, with a sudden death on the calends of March. He was bishop of Devonshire, and he desired that his tomb should be at his palace in Crediton.

    The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Declension

Declension of eastre
SingularPlural
Nominative ēastreēastranēastre
Accusative ēastranēastreēastranēastre
Genitive ēastranēastresēastrenaēastra
Dative ēastranēastreēastrum

All forms (6)

Etymology

Apparently named from the dawn goddess Ēastre, from Proto-West Germanic *Austrā, from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ, from a suffixed form of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- (“dawn”). Cognate with Old Frisian āsteron, Old High German ōstarūn (German Ostern).

Descendants

easter

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