† Our Lady dayn.
Obsolete.
1. = Lady Day n.
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Our Lady dayc1230
Our Lady day in Lentc1300
Saint Mary dayc1300
Our Lady in Marchc1325
annunciation1389
Our Lady's day1389
Lady Day1530
Annunciation Day1584
the Lady in Lent1608
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 210 Ne schule ȝe beon bute..ihuslet inwið tweolf moneð fiftene siðen. Midwinter dei..Condelmeasse dei. A sunne dei mid wei bitweonen þet & easter. oðer ure leafdi dei.
a1350 (?c1280) Conception of Mary (Ashm.) 166 in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1875) 1st Ser. 74 (MED) A good mon nou late eche ȝer gret Joie in heuene isay ffram ȝere to ȝere In septembre, as falleþ our leuedi [v.r. ledi] day.
?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 37 (MED) It happed that oure lady day fell on the Sonday.
1464–5 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 468 (MED) He must pay my mastyr at our Lady day next comynge, ccxxxx marces.
1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 2 Then was a grete wynter of frost and colde that lastyd from new~yeres daye unto our lady day the Annunciacion.
1581 J. Dee 25 Mar. in Private Diary (1842) 11 Helen was hyred at our Lady day for the yere..she had her covenant peny.
1665 A. Wood Life 15 May Rent which was due the last Our Lady day.
1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation ii. xix. 45/2 In the first place it is necessary to know when she [sc. a hawk] ought to leave fleeing, and accordingly prepare her for it, which by most is agreed to be about our Lady-day.
2. In phrases denoting specific festivals commemorating the Virgin Mary, as Our Lady day in December, Our Lady day in Harvest, Our Lady day in Lent, Our Lady day in September. Cf. Our Lady n. 2.
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society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Annunciation (25 March) > [noun]
Our Lady dayc1230
Our Lady day in Lentc1300
Saint Mary dayc1300
Our Lady in Marchc1325
annunciation1389
Our Lady's day1389
Lady Day1530
Annunciation Day1584
the Lady in Lent1608
society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Conception Day (8 December) > [noun]
Our Lady day in Decemberc1300
Conception Daya1400
c1300 (c1280) Southern Passion (Harl. 2277) (1927) 1738d (MED) In þe heȝe fulle he [sc. Christ] wolde deye..In oure leuedi dai in leynte hit ful in þulke ȝere.
a1400 (a1325) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Trin. Cambr.) (1887) 9080 Vr lefdi day [c1325 Calig. leuedy; c1400 BL Add. leuedi dai; ?a1425 Digby lady day] in decembre.
?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 52 At our lady day in harviste he berith black bayis in clustris.
1458 Reconciliation Henry VI & Yorkists in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 195 (MED) At Poules in london, with gret renoun, On oure ladi day in lente this peas was wrought.
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 120 This was on oure lady day in septembre.
1509 Newbattle Coll. MSS (Edinb. Reg. House) At our lade day in herwist callit the natiuite.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Dame L'assumption notre Dame, Our Ladie day in Haruest.
1630 Rec. Soc. Shipwrights Newcastle in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) II. 343 Skis-Thursday being our Lady-Day in Lent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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