† vigilyn.
Obsolete.
1. = vigil n.1 1.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > worship > sacrament > (extreme) unction > vigil > [noun] > of festival
vigila1250
vigily1377
wake1600
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 416 Vigilies and fastyng dayes, Alle þise late I passe.
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) John xix. 42 Therfor there thei putten Jhesu, for the vigilie of Jewis feeste.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) Introd. 6 In the vigylye of the natyvyte.
c1465 Eng. Chron. (Camden) 40 The king sailled forth in to Normandie..and landid at Kitcaux, in the vigily of Assumpcion of our Lady.
1588 in Catholic Tractates (S.T.S.) 210 Obserue the fastes commandit..in the euinnes or vigilies of certane solemne daies.
2. = vigil n.1 5.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [noun] > wakefulness or sleeplessness > specific inability to sleep
watchfulness1596
insomnia1623
sleeplessness1646
vigilancy1657
vigily1665
vigilia1728
vigilance1749
insomnolence1822
insomnolencya1843
1665 G. Harvey Disc. Plague 3 Continual vigilies, or a perpetual restlesness, with anguishing jactitations, or throwing ones self from one part of the bed to the other.
1694 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 18 25 A confused..expansion of the Optick Nerve, attended with..continual Vigilies.
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