kyndilsmessa

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse kyndilmessa, kyndilsmessa, from Old English candelmæsse, with the first part remodelled after kyndill (Faroese kyndil (“torch”)); from Latin missa candēlārum. Compare Danish kyndelmisse, English Candlemas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʃʰɪntɪlsˌmɛsːa/

Noun

kyndilsmessa f (genitive singular kyndilsmessu, plural kyndilsmessur)

1. (Christianity) Candlemas, 2 February

Declension

Declension of kyndilsmessa (singular only)
f1s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	kyndilsmessa	kyndilsmessan
accusative	kyndilsmessu	kyndilsmessuna
dative	kyndilsmessu	kyndilsmessuni
genitive	kyndilsmessu	kyndilsmessunnar

Derived terms

• kyndilsmessuaftan (1 February)
• kyndilsmessubygd (village, where the people danced at Candlemas)
• kyndilsmessudagur (Candlemas day)
• kyndilsmessuknútur (19. January)
• kyndilsmessukúgv (cow which calves around Candlemas time)
• kyndilsmessukvøld (Candlemas evening)
• kyndilsmessulandsstýrið (Candlemas government formed on 2 February 2008)
• kyndilsmessumorgun (Candlemas morning)

Old Norse

Etymology

From kyndill +‎ messa. Calque of Latin missa candelarum.

Noun

kyndilsmessa f

1. (Christianity) Candlemas (February 2nd)

Declension

  Declension of kyndilsmessa (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kyndilsmessa	kyndilsmessan	kyndilsmessur	kyndilsmessurnar
accusative	kyndilsmessu	kyndilsmessuna	kyndilsmessur	kyndilsmessurnar
dative	kyndilsmessu	kyndilsmessunni	kyndilsmessum	kyndilsmessunum
genitive	kyndilsmessu	kyndilsmessunnar	kyndilsmessna	kyndilsmessnanna

Descendants

• Faroese: kyndilsmessa
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kyndelsmess, kyndelsmesse
• Norwegian Bokmål: kyndelsmess, kyndelsmesse

References

• “kyndilsmessa”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press