fastelavn.
Shrovetide (the time before Lent)
Meaning & usage
Shrovetide (the time before Lent)
A carneval-like celebration in some Northern European countries during Shrovetide
Where this word comes from
From Old Danish fastelaghen, borrowed from Middle Low German vastelāvent, vastāvent, a compound of vasten (“Lent”) + āvent (“evening”), the former from Old Saxon *fastōn, from Proto-West Germanic *fastēn (“to fast”). See also German Fastelovend (Cologne). Faroese føstulávint/fastalávint and Swedish fastlag are also borrowed from Low German.
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