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Skire Thursday Sc. and north. dial. ? Obs.
Forms: α. 5 Skire, 5–6 Skyre, 6 Skir, 7 Sky(i)r, Skier, Sky. β. 5 Skyrys, 6 Skyris, Skiris, 9 Skiers, Scarce; 7 Skis, Skies. See also Thursday.
[ad. ON. Skíri-Þórsdagr (Norw. Skirtorsdag), f. skír skire a. Cf. also skere a. 4.]
The day next before Good Friday; Maundy Thursday; = Sheer Thursday.
αc1450St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 2277 So..walde he passe To Skyre thuresday, þan walde he his fete waschyn and clensyd be. 1474Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 72 Almous on Skire Thurisday. 1562Invent. R. Wardrobe (1815) 156 Item, fourty drying claithis of all sortes—Deliverit xii..on skir-furisday at the wesching of the pure folkis fete. 1621Sc. Acts, Jas. VI (1816) IV. 642 Thrie ȝeirlie faires, Viz. the first..vpoun skyirthurisdaye, the secund..at Lambes. 1670Churchw. Acc. Pittington, etc. (Surtees) 228 For wine att the Communion upon..Sky Thursday.
β1489Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot. I. 108 On Skyrys Thursday, giffin for the Kingis almus clathis, xvij merkis. 1630in Brand Hist. Newcastle (1789) II. 343 note, Skis-Thursday being our Lady-Day in Lent. 1677Churchw. Acc. Pittington, etc. (Surtees) 241 For bread and wine att the Communions of Palme Sunday, Skies Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Day, and the Sunday after.
b. Sc. Used as the name of local fairs or markets held on this day.
In quot. 1864 the date is correct by Old Style.
1825Jamieson Suppl. s.v. Skeir, Scarce-Thursday, the name of a fair held at Melrose on the Thursday before Easter. 1864Glasgow Her. 15 Apr., ‘Skiers’ Thursday.—This important concluding market was held yesterday. |