α. late Middle English Fastirne Eue.
β. 1500s Fasten's Eve; English regional 1800s Fassen's Eve; Scottish pre-1700 1700s Fastens Eve, 1700s–1800s Fasten's Eve, 1800s Fastren's Eve, 1900s– Fastern's Eve.
单词 | fasterns eve |
释义 | Fastern's Even.α. late Middle English Fastirne Eue. β. 1500s Fasten's Eve; English regional 1800s Fassen's Eve; Scottish pre-1700 1700s Fastens Eve, 1700s–1800s Fasten's Eve, 1800s Fastren's Eve, 1900s– Fastern's Eve. Scottish and English regional (northern). The day or evening before the first day of Lent; Shrove Tuesday. Cf. fasten n. 2, Fastern's Een n., Fastens Tuesday n. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Sunday before Lent > [noun] > period following > first week of > Sunday, Monday, Tuesday of > Tuesday in good tideOE Fastingong1389 Shroveday14.. Fastern's Een1416 Fastgong1429 Fastingong Tuesday1448 Fastingong Evec1450 Fastern's Evec1475 Shrove Tuesdaya1500 Shrift Tuesday1542 shrift's even1568 Fastens Tuesday1585 gut-tide1608 Mardi Gras1699 Pancake Day1700 Pancake Tuesday1790 sharp-Tuesday1858 c1475 (a1464) J. Hardyng Chron. (Harl.) f. 179 Southwarde come they than therfore To seynt Albonys upon the fastirne eue [1543 Grafton fastyngange eue]. 1565 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 35 (modernized text) Fasten's eve or Shrovetide. 1662 P. Gunning Paschal or Lent-Fast Errata sig. Ppp4 Pro Fastness Tuesday, lege Fastens eve. 1700 G. Turnbull Diary 13 Feb. in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1893) I. 391 About two in ye morning, being fastens Eve morning, was my wife brought to bed of a daughter. 1775 J. A. Mostyn in Compan. Map County of Peebles 86 Seven annual Fairs are held at Peebles, viz. Yool Fair, 2d Tuesday in January; Fastens eve, 1st Tuesday in March, [etc.]. 1852 Caledonian Mercury 26 Feb. The fourth Assembly for the season took place on Tuesday night, being Fastren's Eve. 1943 Evening Express (Aberdeen) 31 Dec. 4/4 Beef brok and sautie bannocks are no longer offered on Fastern's Eve, and the Beltane fires are extinguished now. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1475 |
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