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ember-days

Meaningymbryne

Common meaning: Christian fast days occurring four times a year

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishymbren‘ymbryne’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsymbryne → recurring fastymber‘recurring fast’source
  3. Englishember-days‘Christian fast days occurring four times a year’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English ymbren ‘ymbryne’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry EMBER-DAYS, p. 188 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • ymbren Old English “ymbryne”

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