Michaelmas term Michaelmas term Michaelmas term is the first academic term of the academic year in a number of English-speaking universities and schools in the northern hemisphere, especially in the United Kingdom. Michaelmas term derives its name from the Feast of St Michael and All Angels, which falls on 29 September. The term runs from September or October to Christmas. The term is also the name of the first of four terms into which the legal year is divided by the Courts of England and Wales and the Courts of Northern Ireland. While the name is not used in the legal systems
Names of Easter translator Mikael Agricola Names of Easter The Christian holiday Easter has several names. The names differ depending on languages, but most are derived from Greek and Latin "pascha". The modern English term "Easter" developed from the Old English word "Ēastre" or "Ēostre" (), which itself developed prior to 899, originally referring to the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess Ēostre. Old English "Eōstre" continues into modern English as "Easter" and derives from Proto-Germanic *"austrōn" meaning 'dawn', itself a descendent of the Proto-Indo-European root *"aus-", meaning 'to shine' (modern English "east" also derives from this root). Writing in the 8th century, the