Mother's Night
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A calque, or perhaps a continuation, of Old English Mōdraniht.
Proper noun
[edit]- An Anglo-Saxon midwinter feast recorded by Bede, or a modern version of this festival celebrated by some Heathens.
- 2005, Galina Krasskova, Exploring the Northern Tradition, Career Press Inc., →ISBN, page 181:
- The most sacred and important of all Heathen holy celebrations falls within this span of time and is called Modraniht or Mother's Night.