Middle English Dictionary Entry
fāse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fāse n. |
| Etymology | Vulgate: phase. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. paske.
1.
The paschal lamb.
Associated quotations
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ex.12.21 : Take a beeste..and offre ȝe fase [WB(1): paske].
- a1425(c1395) WBible(2) (Roy 1.C.8)Ex.12.43,48 : This is the religioun of fase [WB(1): phask]..if ony pilgrym wole passe into ȝoure feith..and make fase [WB(1): do the pask] of the Lord.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
Note: This entry should be deleted; it is a doublet of "phase n." (ID MED33238), q.v..