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Lammas
[Lammas 词源字典]
Lammas:
see
loaf
[Lammas etymology, Lammas origin, 英语词源]
Lammas (n.)
Aug. 1 harvest festival with consecration of loaves, Old English
hlafmæsse
, literally "loaf mass," from
hlaf
(see
loaf
(n.)) +
mæsse
(see
mass
(n.2)). Altered by influence of
lamb
(and occasionally spelled
lamb-
in 16c.-17c.).