Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - walpurgis night
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Walpurgis night
walpurgis night
noun Etymology: part translation of German Walpurgisnacht, from Walpurgis Saint Walburga died A.D. 779 English saint whose feast day falls on May Day + German Nacht night Date: 1823 1. the eve of May Day on which witches are held to ride to an appointed rendezvous 2. something (as an event or situation) having a nightmarish quality
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n. the eve of 1 May when witches are alleged to meet on the Brocken mountain in Germany and hold revels with the Devil. Etymology: G Walpurgisnacht f. Walpurgis genit. of Walpurga Engl. woman saint (8th c.) + Nacht NIGHT ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- Ger. Walpurgisnacht, witches' revel, especially on Brocken, on May-day eve, from Walburga, Eng. abbess who migrated to Heidenheim, Germany, 8c.; May 1 being the day of the removal of her bones from Heidenheim to Eichstдdt. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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