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Latin: "Eosturmonath, qui nunc paschalis mensis interpretatur, quondam a dea illorum quae Eostre vocabatur et cui in illo festa celebrabant nomen habuit, a cuius nomine nunc paschale tempus cognominant; consueto antiquae observationis vocabulo, quondam calendis Aprilis festum illud celebrabant."
Translation: "Eosturmonath, which is now interpreted as the paschal month, was formerly named after the goddess Eostre, and has given its name to the festival of Pasch [Easter] celebrated in that month. The ancients also observed this festival in her honour on the first day of April, and called it 'Eostre's feast'."
〜Monk Bede's "De temporum ratione" in Chapter XV.
8th century, in the Kingdom of Northumbria,
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