† Shrovedayn.
Obsolete. rare. Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
Shrove Tuesday.
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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
14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 571/3 Carniprivium, shrofday.
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