单词 | uphaly night |
释义 | > as lemmasuphaly night 2. uphali(day) even, the eve of the Epiphany; uphaly night, the night of January 6. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Twelfth Night (5 January) > [noun] Twelfth-nightc900 Twelfth-evec1000 uphali(day) even1506 Twelve evea1691 1506 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 178 The fift day [of January], Uphaldy evin, to the men that brocht the sensouris. 1582 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 164 That scho in na times to cum sall ring bessingis, brassin nor irn morteris,..within this burgh upon Vphelly ewin. 1881 S. R. Macphail Relig. House Pluscardyn xix. 155 The thirteenth night o' Eel [= Yule] was called ‘uphellie nicht’. < as lemmas |
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