Re: CHAT: Easter & the Saxon Calendar (was: Passover/Easter)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, April 29, 2000, 22:43 |
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yl-ruil wrote:
> Old Icelandic replaced the god-names of the days of the week (Odhinn's day
> etc.) with things like Firstday, Seconday and so on.
Interesting, so has Portuguese, for Monday-Friday. Sunday and Saturday
retain the terms _Domingo_ and _Sabado_, or something similar.
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