hlafmæsse
Old English
Etymology
From hlāf (“bread”) + mæsse (“mass”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxlɑːfˌmæs.se/, [ˈl̥ɑːvˌmæs.se]
Noun
hlāfmæsse n
- Lammas (the first day of August)
Descendants
- English: Lammas
References
- Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hláf-mæsse”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.