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† mid-fasten, mid-fast Obs.
[f. mid a. + fasten n., fast n. Cf. ON. miðfasta, MDu., MLG. midde-, midvasten, MHG. mitte(n)vaste, mitvaste (mod.G. mitfasten).]
= mid-lent. Also attrib.
c1122O.E. Chron. an. 1047 Her on þisum ᵹeare wæs mycel ᵹe mot on Lundene to midfestene. c1205Lay. 22256 He ferde to æxchæstræn to þan mid-festen. 1480Newcastle Merch. Vent. (Surtees) I. 2 The..persones..shall..halden wppon Thursday next after Midfast Sunday [etc.]. |