Ostara
English
Etymology
Related to Easter, which see for some more information.
Proper noun
Ostara
- A pagan and Wiccan holiday celebrating the spring equinox, sometimes also called Eostre or Easter.
Old High German
Alternative forms
- Ôstra, Ôstora
Etymology
from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ. Compare gialtara, germara
Declension
Declension of *Ôstara (n-stem feminine)
case | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | *Ôstara | Ôstarûn |
accusative | *Ôstarûn | Ôstarûn |
genitive | *Ôstarûn | *Ôstarôno |
dative | *Ôstarûn | *Ôstarôm, *Ôstarôn |
References
- Jacob Grimm, James Steven Stallybrass (translator), Teutonic Mythology. Translated from the fourth Edition with Notes and Appendix, Vol. I 1882 and Vol. IV 1888
- ( Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer. Second Edition, 1906, p. 167: "ōstarūn, ōstoron, wfm. pl. Easter, Pascha" )
- ( Gerhard Köbler, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage), 2014, online, s.v. ōstara* )
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