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+ | A '''tenday''' was a [[Faerûn]]ian unit of time. The [[Calendar of Harptos]] divided the thirty-day months into three blocks of ten days each, or simply put, "tendays".<ref>{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition|76}}</ref> The word was used interchangeably with the Earthly term "week".<ref name="EFR-14">{{Cite book/Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms|14}}</ref> |
Other terms used synonymously with tendays included '''eves''', '''domen''', '''hyrar''', and '''rides'''. As of [[1367 DR]], "rides" was the preferred term throughout [[Cormyr]] and the [[Dalelands]].<ref>{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Set/Cyclopedia of the Realms|6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised)/A Grand Tour of the Realms|21}}</ref> |
Other terms used synonymously with tendays included '''eves''', '''domen''', '''hyrar''', and '''rides'''. As of [[1367 DR]], "rides" was the preferred term throughout [[Cormyr]] and the [[Dalelands]].<ref>{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Set/Cyclopedia of the Realms|6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book/Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised)/A Grand Tour of the Realms|21}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 22:27, 10 January 2021
A tenday was a Faerûnian unit of time. The Calendar of Harptos divided the thirty-day months into three blocks of ten days each, or simply put, "tendays".[1] The word was used interchangeably with the Earthly term "week".[2]
Other terms used synonymously with tendays included eves, domen, hyrar, and rides. As of 1367 DR, "rides" was the preferred term throughout Cormyr and the Dalelands.[3][4]
Reference
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 76. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (October 2012). Ed Greenwood Presents Elminster's Forgotten Realms. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 14. ISBN 0786960345.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb (August 1987). “Cyclopedia of the Realms”. In Karen S. Martin ed. Forgotten Realms Campaign Set (TSR, Inc.), p. 6. ISBN 0-88038-472-7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, Julia Martin, Jeff Grubb (1993). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition (revised), A Grand Tour of the Realms. (TSR, Inc), p. 21. ISBN 1-5607-6617-4.