Pancake Day / Shrove Tuesday
Feb 12th 2013, 8:30 pm
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Re: Pancake Day / Shrove Tuesday
The verb (archaic) is shrive, shrove, shriven, as in "Shrive me of my sins." Grant absolution after confession, purify. The nominal/adjectival form is "shrove".
Teachers, don't you hate them ?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrive
Teachers, don't you hate them ?
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrive
Last edited by scot47; Feb 12th 2013 at 9:01 pm.
