English Explanatory Dictionary

ice saints

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The saints Pancras of Rome, Servatius of Tongeren, Mamertus of Vienne and/or Boniface of Tarsus, and sometimes Sophia of Rome, whose feast days are on May 11th though 15th.
  2. A spell of cold weather in May on or around those dates.

Word forms

ice saints ice saint

Etymology

Perhaps a calque of German Eisheilige; compare French saints de glace.

Related words

blackthorn winter blackberry winter St. Luke's summer St. Martin's summer
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