† Twelfth-eve(nn.
Obsolete.
The eve of Twelfth-day; Twelfth-night.
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uphali(day) even1506
Twelve evea1691
c1000 West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) ii. 19 (rubric) Ðys sceal on twelftan æfen.
a1100 Anglo-Saxon Chron. ann. 1065 (MS. C.) Eadward..forðferde on twelftan æfen, & hyne man bebyrigde on twelftan dæig.
1538 Accts. St. John's Hosp., Canterbury (Canterbury Cathedral Archives: CCA-U13/4) Rec. vpon twelfte euen iij s v d.
1582 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 349 At wyndesor at Twelf Eve at night.
1634–5 W. Laud Diary 5 Jan. Monday night, being Twelfth-eve.
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