fastelavnsris.
a bundle of decorated twigs or branches, especially birch twigs, used at Shrovetide, traditionally for playfully striking people and now chiefly as an ornament, often decorated with brightly coloured feathers
Meaning & usage
a bundle of decorated twigs or branches, especially birch twigs, used at Shrovetide, traditionally for playfully striking people and now chiefly as an ornament, often decorated with brightly coloured feathers
Where this word comes from
From fastelavn (“Shrovetide”) + ris (“bundle of twigs”), with linking -s- (“interfix”), literally “Shrovetide twigs”. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk fastelavnsris, Danish fastelavnsris, and Swedish fastlagsris (“Shrovetide branches”).
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