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Up-Helly-Aa n.

/ˌʌphɛlɪˈɑː/ (a revival of) a traditional midwinter fire-festival held at Lerwick in the Shetland Islands (see quots.).

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Up-Helly-Aa1872

1872 Saturday Herald & Shetland Gaz. (Kirkwall) 10 Feb. 1/3 Monday night was what is here [i.e. in Lerwick] called ‘Up-haly a’, and the youths here indulged in their savage sports of tar-barrel burning.

1901 Shetland News 5 Jan. The principal Festival of the season to Lerwegians, namely ‘Up-helly A’,..is now celebrated with..Norse galleys, torch-light processions, and guizing galore.

1934 W. Moffatt Shetland 129 Up-Helly-Aa night was the twenty-fourth night of the Helli or Holy Days, and that period of feasting, drinking, singing and rejoicing concluded with a great flare-up on Up-Helly-Aa night.

1948 C. E. Mitchell Up-Helly-Aa 2 Up-Helly-Aa is the final day of the Jola Bød or Yule Period which commenced on the fifth day of January, old style, and ended twenty~four days later in a climax of revelry.

1955 Shetland Times 28 Jan. When a man is elected to the Up-Helly-A' Committee he can expect to become Guizer Jarl according to his seniority.

1972 Guardian 15 Jan. 14/5 The fire festival of Up-Helly-A in the Shetlands, which celebrates the passing of midwinter with..torchlight processions..and a lifesize longboat that goes up in flames.

单词	up-helly-aa
释义	> as lemmas Up-Helly-Aa Up-Helly-Aa n. /ˌʌphɛlɪˈɑː/ (a revival of) a traditional midwinter fire-festival held at Lerwick in the Shetland Islands (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > midwinter festivities Up-Helly-Aa1872 1872 Saturday Herald & Shetland Gaz. (Kirkwall) 10 Feb. 1/3 Monday night was what is here [i.e. in Lerwick] called ‘Up-haly a’, and the youths here indulged in their savage sports of tar-barrel burning. 1901 Shetland News 5 Jan. The principal Festival of the season to Lerwegians, namely ‘Up-helly A’,..is now celebrated with..Norse galleys, torch-light processions, and guizing galore. 1934 W. Moffatt Shetland 129 Up-Helly-Aa night was the twenty-fourth night of the Helli or Holy Days, and that period of feasting, drinking, singing and rejoicing concluded with a great flare-up on Up-Helly-Aa night. 1948 C. E. Mitchell Up-Helly-Aa 2 Up-Helly-Aa is the final day of the Jola Bød or Yule Period which commenced on the fifth day of January, old style, and ended twenty~four days later in a climax of revelry. 1955 Shetland Times 28 Jan. When a man is elected to the Up-Helly-A' Committee he can expect to become Guizer Jarl according to his seniority. 1972 Guardian 15 Jan. 14/5 The fire festival of Up-Helly-A in the Shetlands, which celebrates the passing of midwinter with..torchlight processions..and a lifesize longboat that goes up in flames. extracted from Uphalidayn. < as lemmas
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