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