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Mondayn.adv.Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Old Frisian mōnandei , Middle Dutch mānendach , maendach (Dutch maandag ), Middle Low German mānendach , māndach , mānedach , maendach , Old High German mānetac (Middle High German mēntag , māntac , mōntag , German Montag ), Old Icelandic mánadagr , Old Swedish manadagher (Swedish måndag ), Danish mandag < the Germanic base of moon n.1 + the Germanic base of day n., after post-classical Latin Lunae dies (3rd cent.; also Lunis dies). Compare Hellenistic Greek ἡμέρα σελήνης (probably after Latin).The Latin days of the week in imperial Rome were named after the planets, which in turn were named after gods (see discussion at week n.). In most cases the Germanic names show replacement of the Roman god's name with that of an equivalent god from the Germanic pantheon. In the case of Monday (as also of Sunday ), the name of the planet (as the moon was considered in the classical period) and the god were the same. Compare ( < post-classical Latin Lunis dies ) Old French lunsdis (1119; c1160 as lundi ; French lundi ), Old Occitan diluns , dialus (15th cent.), Catalan dilluns (14th cent.), Spanish lunes (13th cent.), Italian lunedì (1282). In sense A. 2 perhaps so called because the hard work involved in the use of the hammer provides a shock similar to coming back to work on a Monday (compare quot. 1974 at sense A. 2). In use as adverb in sense B. 1 originally (in Old English) the dative of the noun used adverbially. A. n.the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > specific days > [noun] > Monday OE Byrhtferð (Ashm.) (1995) ii. iii. 118 Þæs Sunnandæges nama wæs of þære sunnan, & þæs Monandæges of þæs [read þam] monan. OE (Cambr. Univ. Libr.) vii. 32 (rubric) Ðys sceal on monan dæg on þære fyftan wucan innan lenctene. lOE (Corpus Cambr.) iii. 445 Kotesetlan riht be ðam ðe on lande stent: on sumon he sceal ælce Mondæge ofeh [read ofer] geares fyrst his laforde wyrcan. lOE (Laud) (Peterborough contin.) anno 1129 Þa began þæt mot on Monendæig & heold on an to ðe Fridæig. a1225 ( (Winteney) (1888) 55 Þat is, on sunnedaȝe & on monendæȝe. c1300 St. Thomas Becket (Laud) 900 in C. Horstmann (1887) 132 (MED) Þe Monenday sore syk þe bischop thomas lay. a1325 (c1250) (1968) l. 72 He fel out on ðe munendai. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 25 (MED) From Saturday at none for to Monday. 1422 IV. 173/2 The Monunday next before the fest of Seint Martyn. 1474 in J. D. Marwick (1869) I. 29 Tuiching the rasing of the Monundais penny of..thaym at werkis thair awin laubor. 1562 N. Winȝet (1888) I. 23 On Pasche Monunday last passit. 1597 W. Shakespeare iii. iv. 18 Cap: But soft what day is this? Pav: Munday my Lord. View more context for this quotation c1600 (1833) 24 The Inglismen come on Scottis ground, and lay still fra Monunday to Sattirday. 1638 R. Brathwait (new ed.) i. sig. B4 I saw a Puritane-one, Hanging of his Cat on Monday, For killing of a Mouse on Sonday. 1681 N. Luttrell Diary in (1857) I. 74 On Monday the 11th of Aprill the lord cheif justice Scroggs received his quietus est. 1729 H. Carey (ed. 3) 30 And that's the day that comes betwixt A Saturday and Monday. 1776 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams (1876) 151 The Dr. was buried on Monday; the Masons walking in procession from the State House. a1810 R. Tannahill (1846) 145 I see I maun quat takin' Munonday's yill. 1862 J. W. Carlyle III. 102 In all likelihood we will go home together on Monday. 1896 A. E. Housman iii. 5 Or come you home of Monday When Ludlow market hums. 1930 22 Nov. 965/1 Despite all the bad news, a rally in prices made some headway after the liquidation of Monday. 1953 29 May 4/4 Thirty-five years ago I was meeting people everyday who referred to three days of the week as Munonday, Tyseday, and Feersday. 1987 M. Brett xvi. 188 On Mondays the Financial Times carries an extended roundup of international capital markets. society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > hammer > sledge-hammer 1965 H. Sheppard 7 Monday, large hammer used by fit men only. 1974 P. Wright xiv. 140 Bring Monday for a tool is no impossible order, for it refers in South Lancashire to a 28-lb. hammer which, through the great exertion needed to wield it, brings you back to your senses when you return to work on Monday. 1989 22 92 A large, heavy sledge hammer..is called a monday. B. adv.the world > time > period > a day or twenty-four hours > specific days > [adverb] > last or next Monday or on Mondays OE Agreement of Confraternity with Other Houses, Bath (Corpus Cambr. 111) in W. Hunt (1893) 4 Habbe we us gerædd..þæt we ælcere wucan singan ii mæssan on ælcum mynstre, synderlice for eallum gebroðrum, monandæge, & frigedæge. a1325 St. Thomas Becket (Corpus Cambr.) 892 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill (1956) 639 Þe Moneday sein Thomas wel sore sik lay. 1644 19–26 Sept. 658 Munday we had intelligence that Lieutenant General Cromwell [etc.]. 1753 N. Torriano tr. J. B. L. Chomel 23 Monday she was repurged with Success. 1853 E. C. Gaskell II. xi. 298 Monday we did so-and-so; Tuesday, so-and-so, &c. 1932 W. Faulkner xiii. 282 The temperature began to rise Monday. 1942 W. Faulkner 249 You've got to be back in school Monday. 1989 A. Aird 231 The pub fields six teams, Monday, Wednesday and Friday in winter. 1991 16 Apr. a6/1 The town council Monday unanimously approved a trash and garbage ordinance. 1859 13 Aug. 422 Mondays, there's no flowers in the market. 1880 ‘M. Twain’ App. F. 626 German papers..contain..no rehash of cold sermons Mondays. 1894 G. Moore xxxvi. 283 Charley Grove bets there Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. 1967 R. Rendell (1970) iv. 32 The only servant she does have is a char who goes in Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. 1970 25 July 8/2 Dancing. Closed Mondays. 1990 Dec. 88/2 Mixed club... Popular with gay crowd Mondays. Compounds C1. General attributive. 1722 D. Defoe 59 Neither had they given him any Disturbance..from the Monday afternoon. 1982 P. D. James xlii. 339 She always does her washing on Monday afternoons. 1676 Lady Chaworth in (1890) App. v. 33 I shall send your Lordship the peck of chesnuts..by the Munday carrier. 1713 31 Aug. 2/2 (advt.) Ran-away on Monday evening last, the 31 day of August, from his Master John Brand Watch-maker... A German Servant Man, named John Copler. a1882 J. P. Quincy (1884) 198 Here we were, Monday evening, actually dining in New York. 1971 J. C. Heenan i. 12 His church was half-filled every Monday evening with enquirers who came to hear his talks to non-Catholics. 1474 J. Paston in (2004) I. 476 He promysed me to be wyth yow on Mondaye nyghte ore ellys on Towesday tymely. 1598 W. Shakespeare i. ii. 34 A purse of gold most resolutely snatcht on Munday night . View more context for this quotation 1780 W. Fleming Jrnl 14 Mar. in N. D. Mereness (1916) 634 Monday night there was a smart white frost. 1970 3 Oct. 34/3 The other thirteen games..will be ‘wild-card’ encounters, to be played on alternate Monday nights. C2. the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > effects of excessive drinking 1892 R. Kipling 37 An' if one wheel was juicy, you may lay your Monday head 'Twas juicier for the niggers. 1900 20 392 I don't mind a glass, or maybe two; but I'm not going to have a Monday head to-morrow, on my wedding day, for any one. 1910 2 Nov. 104/1 It's that end-of-a-holiday, After-a-jolly-day, Old-fashioned Monday head. 1338 in M. T. Löfvenberg (1946) 81 (MED) Monedaylond. 1338 in M. T. Löfvenberg (1946) 81 (MED) [John Fotling and Simon Husbond hold a quarter of] monenday lond [of Richard Haldeyn..and work every Monday]. society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > [noun] > concert > types of 1862 ‘G. Eliot’ in (1887) 355 We have been to a Monday Pop, to hear Beethoven's Septett. 1881 W. S. Gilbert ii. 35 Who thinks suburban ‘hops’, More fun than ‘Monday Pops’. 1897 June 145/1 I never miss a Monday Pop if I can help it. 1927 Jan. 327/2 It was in 1872, when I was a boy in my teens, that I first went to a Monday Pop and heard Santley sing Schubert's Erl-King. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.OE |