Shrovetide

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

shrove +‎ -tide

NounEdit

Shrovetide (plural Shrovetides)

1. The three days immediately preceding Lent; Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday, preceding Ash Wednesday.

SynonymsEdit

• fastens
• fasterns-een
• fastgang-tide

TranslationsEdit

period of three days

• Belarusian: масленіца f (máslenica), масьленіца f (másʹlenica)
• Danish: fastelavn c
• Erzya: мастя (mastja)
• Estonian: vastlad pl
• Faroese: føstuinngangur m, fastalávint f, føstulávint f
• Finnish: laskiainen (fi)
• Galician: entroido (gl) m

• Ingrian: laskiain
• Manx: Yn Ynnyd f
• Old Danish: fastelaghen
• Russian: ма́сленица (ru) f (máslenica), ма́сленая неде́ля f (máslenaja nedélja)
• Swedish: fastlag c
• Ukrainian: масниця f (másnycja)