Ostara

English

Etymology

Related to Easter, which see for some more information.

Proper noun

Ostara

  1. A pagan and Wiccan holiday celebrating the spring equinox, sometimes also called Eostre or Easter.

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

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Proper noun

Ostara f

  1. goddess of Spring

Old High German
This entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Alternative forms

Etymology

from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ. Compare gialtara, germara

Noun

*Ôstara f

  1. name of the goddess Easter

Declension
Declension of *Ôstara (n-stem feminine)
case singular plural
nominative *Ôstara Ôstarûn
accusative *Ôstarûn Ôstarûn
genitive *Ôstarûn *Ôstarôno
dative *Ôstarûn *Ôstarôm, *Ôstarôn

References
  1. Jacob Grimm, James Steven Stallybrass (translator), Teutonic Mythology. Translated from the fourth Edition with Notes and Appendix, Vol. I 1882 and Vol. IV 1888
  2. ( Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer. Second Edition, 1906, p. 167: "ōstarūn, ōstoron, wfm. pl. Easter, Pascha" )
  3. ( Gerhard Köbler, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage), 2014, online, s.v. ōstara* )
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