hlafmæsse

Old English

Etymology

From hlāf (“bread”) +‎ mæsse (“mass”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxlɑːfˌmæs.se/, [ˈl̥ɑːvˌmæs.se]

Noun

hlāfmæsse n

1. Lammas (the first day of August)

Descendants

• English: Lammas

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hláf-mæsse”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.