lencten

lencten
spring

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  • lencten — 1. m ( es/ as) springtime; the fast of Lent; 2. adj pertaining to Lent …   Old to modern English dictionary

  • spring — lencten, springan …   English to the Old English

  • Lent — Lent, n. [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten, lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz, G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.) A fast of forty days,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lent lily — Lent Lent, n. [OE. lente, lenten, leynte, AS. lengten, lencten, spring, lent, akin to D. lente, OHG. lenzin, langiz, G. lenz, and perh. fr. AS. lang long, E. long, because at this season of the year the days lengthen.] (Eccl.) A fast of forty… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lent — noun Etymology: Middle English lente springtime, Lent, from Old English lencten; akin to Old High German lenzin spring Date: 13th century the 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Easter observed by the Roman Catholic, Eastern, and some Protestant… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Vocabulario indoeuropeo (sustantivos) — Esta es una lista de las raíces protoindoeuropeas más comunes. En general sólo se ofrece la lengua más representativa de cada una de las ramas del indoeuropeo. Todas las palabras se muestran en su declinación más representativa. Contenido 1… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Список праиндоевропейских корней — Для улучшения этой статьи желательно?: Найти и оформить в виде сносок ссылки на авторитетные источники, подтверждающие написанное …   Википедия

  • del- — I. del 1 Long. Derivatives include linger, Lent, longitude, and lunge. I. Probably extended and suffixed zero grade form *dlon gho . 1. a. long1; along …   Universalium

  • Lent — /lent/, n. (in the Christian religion) an annual season of fasting and penitence in preparation for Easter, beginning on Ash Wednesday and lasting 40 weekdays to Easter, observed by Roman Catholic, Anglican, and certain other churches. [bef.… …   Universalium

  • Lent — Spring. The OldEngl. word was applied to the Christian period of fasting through the coincidence of time. [< OldEngl. lencten = spring time] Cf. Caput jejunium …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

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