English Explanatory Dictionary

Ostara

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Ostara

Etymology

Borrowed from reconstructed Old High German *Ôstara (German Ostern, Cimbrian Oastarn, Mòcheno Oastern, Hunsrik Oostre, Luxembourgish Ouschteren, East Central German Ustern). Related to English Easter, which see for some more information.

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