Tīwesdæg
Gescrifen Tīwesdæg foregǣþ þone forman dæg Lenctenes in þǣre Crīstenan gerīmbēc. And on Frencisce hātte hē Mardi Gras, þe segþ fæt Tīwesdæg, for þǣm þe on þǣm dæge gēo man ǣt ealle ealde fōd þe wæs in hēddærnum and man ne miht gehabban hit lengra, and in sumum landum þis wearþ symbel gehāten Carnival, þe in Bōclædene wæs carni vale. And Lencten þus hǣtte for þǣm þe þonne in norðernum landum þā dagas wurdon lengran. And gēo in Brytene in lenctene wæs wana fōdores in lande, and giet nū in Brytene lēactūnweardas hātaþ þās mōnþas þā hungrigan ginnesse.
"Tīwesdæges Cild is full lisse" is fers of ealdum cūðum lēoðe.
Tīwesdæg is se wunelica dæg for cystum in þǣm Geānlǣhtan Underrīcum. Þēodlice cystas (þæt is Federale cystas) gelimpaþ on þǣm Tīwesdæge æfter þǣm forman Mōnandæge in Blōtmōnþe; þēos tælmearc wearþ gesetted be lage þæs gēares 1845 for foresittendlicum cystum (sundorlīge for þǣm cyre þæs Cystlican Colleges), and wearþ gebrǣded tō cystum for þǣm Hūse Spelienda in 1875 and for þǣm Senate in 1914. Tīwesdæg wæs se ǣresta dæg þǣre wuce, þe cystum onhagode in þǣm fruman 19an gēarhundrede: burgmenn sceolden faran ǣnne hālne dæg tō macienne hira cyst, and nolden faran on Sunnandæge, þe wæs weorðungum dæg for þǣm grīetestan dǣle hira. Manig Americisc underrīcu habbaþ hira foresittendlican frumcystas on "Super Tīwesdæge".
Blæc Tīwesdæg, in þǣm Geānlǣhtan Underrīcum, is se 29a dæg Winterfylleþes geares 1929, þonne ongann sēo grēata ege-geflyht þǣre gedǣlungcēapstōwe geares 1929. Þes wæs se Tīwesdæg æfter Blacum Þunresdæge, þonne ongann sēo Grēata Niðersincung.
In þǣre Grēciscan worulde, wierþ Tīwesdæg (se dæg þǣre wuce þæs Fealles Constantinoplan) gecweden unspēdigne dæg. Se selfa is sōþ in þǣre Spēonisc-sprecendan worulde, hwǣr bīword sægþ En martes, ni te cases ni te embarques (On Tīwesdæge, ne sinhīwie ne onginne fare).