Middle English Dictionary Entry
asshe-wednesdai n.
Entry Info
| Forms | asshe-wednesdai n. Also hasse-, as-, ask(e-, ax-. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Ash Wednesday [the first day of Lent].
Associated quotations
- c1325(c1300) Glo.Chron.A (Clg A.11)11235 : An axwednesdai..To gloucetre he wende.
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)128b/b : Þilke þat beþ I put out of chirche by riȝtwisnesse and lawe on an aschewednysday, beþ I fonge into þe lappe..of holy chirche by myrþe on cene þorsday.
- ?a1400(a1338) Mannyng Chron.Pt.2 (Petyt 511)p.337 : On Askwednesday, whan messe was don.
- (c1426) Audelay Poems (Dc 302)126/73 : On aske Wenesday ȝe schul come To hole cherche, serus..And takis askis al and sum.
- c1460 I warne you (Dub 432)p.293 : Betwyx Sandricche and Saynt Albons many man gan blede. On an As Wedynsday we levid in mykel drede [etc.].
- (1464) Paston (Gairdner)4.92 : Wretyn on Hasse Wednysday.
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)82/21 : For bycause þat Sonday ys no day of fastyng, þerfor ȝe schull begyn your fast at Aske-Wanysday.
Note: Postdates word
- (1462) Doc.in HBS 2562 : He schall..see that the palmes be brennyd For askys a gayne aske wennysday.
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