spring (season)
→
Lent
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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Comment
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
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| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Old English | |
| lexeme | lencten | |
| meaning 1 | spring (season) | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Lent | |
| reference | Bosworth, Toller | |
| comment | From Proto-West Germanic *langatīn 'spring', from *lang 'long' + *tīn 'day', so named because the days become longer again in spring. |
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