Eostre

English Alternative forms en Ēostre Etymology A en ang Ēostre 1, the Northumbrian variant of West Saxon ang Ēastre a word referring to "the rising dawn" to indicate the season of Spring and ang ēastre Easter, from en gmw-pro *Austrā, from en gem-pro *Austrǭ Easter, springtime. en Easter. Pronunciation en Proper noun A hypothesised West Germanic goddess, supposedly of the spring season, but of uncertain provenance. en 1922 Eleanour Sinclair Rohde London Longmans, Green and Co. The Old English Herbals 3 There were also Nature deities, Hrede, the personification of the brightness of Summer, and Eostra, the radiant creature of the Dawn. It will be remembered that it was the worship, not of Balder, but of Eostra, which the Christian missionaries found so deeply imbedded that they adopted her name and transferred it to Easter. en paganism A neopagan festival celebrated either in March or April to welcome the Spring, also called Ostara or Easter. Anagrams en eeorst Rosete STEREO e-store erotes stereo stereo- en Festivals Old English Alternative forms ang Ēastre Etymology From ang gmw-pro *austrā, from ang gem-pro *Austrǭ, from a suffixed form of ang ine-pro *h₂ews- dawn dawn. Cognate with ofs āsteron, goh ōstarūn (de Ostern). Pronunciation ēostre Noun Ēostre f ang Northumbrian The goddess ang Easter Easter la 725 Bede Northumbria De temporum ratione Eostur-monath, qui nunc Paschalis mensis interpretatur, quondam a Dea illorum quæ Eostre vocabatur, et cui in illo festa celebrabant nomen habuit: a cujus nomine nunc Paschale tempus cognominant, consueto antiquæ observationis vocabulo gaudia novæ solemnitatis vocantes. Eosturmonath has a name which is now translated "Paschal month", and which was once called after a goddess of theirs named Eostre, in whose honour feasts were celebrated in that month. Now they designate that Paschal season by her name, calling the joys of the new rite by the time-honoured name of the old observance. Declension Ēostr sg Derived terms ang ēastermōnaþ Descendants enm Eestour ang Gods