cieswice

Old English

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Etymology

ċīese (“cheese”) +‎ wice (“week”)

Noun

ċīeswice m

  1. Cheese Week; the last week of eating cheese before Lent
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 5
      Ðis sċeal on Wōdnesdæġ, on ðǣre syxtēoðan wucan ofer Pentecosten; and on Frīḡedæġ innan ðǣre ċȳswucan
      This should [be read] on the Wednesday of the sixteenth week after Pentecost and on the Friday of the Cheese Week.

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative ċīeswice ċīeswican
accusative ċīeswican ċīeswican
genitive ċīeswican ċīeswicena
dative ċīeswican ċīeswicum

References

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