† cheve dayn.
Obsolete. rare.
Explained by Gairdner as ‘day of the chief or patron saint’.
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?1463 R. Cutler in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 259 I was at Blofeld on Sent Andruys Day wyt the parson, and he vnderstode non noder but þat I cam to se is master-chepe for it was hese cheue day.
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