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† Twelfth-eve(n Obs.
The eve of Twelfth-day; Twelfth-night.
c1000Ags. Gosp. Matt. ii. 19 rubric, Ðys sceal on twelftan æfen. a1100O.E. Chron. an. 1065 (MS. C.) Eadward..forðferde on twelftan æfen, & hyne man bebyriᵹde on twelftan dæiᵹ. 1538MS. Acc. St. John's Hosp., Canterb., Rec. vpon twelfte euen iij s v d. 1582in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 349 At wyndesor at Twelf Eve at night. 1634–5Laud Diary 5 Jan., Monday night, being Twelfth-eve. |