单词 | petermas |
释义 | Petermasn. rare after 17th cent. Originally: the feast of St Peter ad Vincula (1 August); = Lammas n. 1. Later also: the feast of St Peter and St Paul (29 June); = Petertide n. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Lammas (1 August) > [noun] Lammasc893 Lammas-dayc1000 Petermasc1275 the Gule of August1543 Yule of August1652 OE Wulfstan Homily: Larspell (Corpus Cambr. 421) in A. S. Napier Wulfstan (1883) 272 Romfeoh gelæste man æghwilce geare be Peteres mæssan. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1131 Se kyng Heanri com ham to Engleland toforen heruest æfter Sancti Petres messe þe firrer.] c1275 ( Agreement with Ordric the Cellarer, Bury St. Edmunds in A. J. Robertson Anglo-Saxon Charters (1956) 220 Aelc man in sancte Eadmundes byri husfast on his owe land sal gifen to þe halegenes bidripe þe horder on peni at Peter mæsse [c1350 Petermasse] on ginning herefest. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 4255 Eftyr hende þe Petyrmes, Off Iuly qwhen þe fyrst day wes. 1508 in E. Beveridge Burgh Rec. Dunfermline (1917) 157 On Petirmes evin. 1547 Perth Guildry 8 Mar. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue (1983) V. 474/2 For wyne propinit to the..consale & decanis of craftis on Petirmes evin. 1630 in Minutes & Accts. Feoffees Peterborough (Northants. Rec. Soc.) (1937) 66 Deliuered to Sir Humfrey Orme Knighte, for to paye watche men and wards men, for there help in kepeing vagrant persons from the towne at our Petermas fayre..13s. 4d. 2000 Independent (Nexis) 19 Dec. 3 If they came out at Petermas, they would be Petermas daisies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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