Eostre

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A West Germanic goddess of the spring season.
  • A modern invented pagan festival celebrated either in March or April to welcome the Spring, also called Ostara or Easter.

Origin

  • From Old English Ēostre, Ēastre and ēastre, from Proto-Germanic *Austrǭ ("Easter, springtime"). Easter.

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