† year's dayn.

Forms: Old English geares dægi (probably transmission error), Old English geares dæig, late Old English geares dæg, Middle English ȝeres dai, Middle English ȝeres day, Middle English ȝere's day, Middle English yeeres dai, Middle English yeeris day, 1500s ȝerisday (Scottish), 1500s yeares day, 1600s–1700s years day, 1700s–1800s year's day.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: year n., day n.

Etymology: < the genitive of year n. + day n. Compare Old Frisian jēresdei New Year's Day, Middle Dutch jaersdach New Year's Day (Dutch jaarsdag New Year's Day, (now only) anniversary), Old Saxon jāresdag anniversary (Middle Low German jāresdach New Year's Day), Middle High German jārstac New Year's Day (German Jahrestag New Year's Day, (now only) anniversary), Old Norwegian ársdagr anniversary, Old Swedish ars dagher anniversary (Swedish årsdag ). With sense 1 compare New Year's Day n. at New Year n. Compounds 3. With sense 2 compare year-day n. 2 and also year's mind n.

Obsolete.

1. = New Year's Day n. at New Year n. Compounds 3. rare after Middle English.

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the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year > New-year's day or eve

year's dayOE

New Year's Dayc1175

hogmanay1681

singing-e'en1806

Sylvester1838

New Year's Eve1864

OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) vi. 228 We habbað oft gehyred þæt men hatað þysne dæg geares dæig, swilce ðes dægi fyrmest sy on geares ymbrene.

lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1096 Willelm biscop of Dunholme þær forðferde to geares dæge.

c1300 St. Fabian (Laud) l. 7 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 177 Þe furste feste þat in þe ȝere comez we cleopiez ȝeres-dai.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 275 He [sc. Christ] hadde of þe firste ȝere of his burþe but sevene dayes from þe nativite to ȝeresday.

a1456 (c1425) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 650 Þis Yeeris Day presenting to your glorye Honnour of knighthoode, conquest and victorye.

a1844 T. Campbell Compl. Poet. Wks. (1907) 322 Red sunk December's last dishonoured sun And the young Year's-Day passed without a bun!

2. A day observed each year in commemoration of a person or event; an anniversary; (Christian Church) the anniversary of a person's death as an occasion for holding an office or service, either in commemoration or to pray for the person's soul (cf. obit n.¹ 2a, year's mind n.).

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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun]

anniversaryc1230

year's daya1393

year-day1431

birthday1556

anniversary day1567

anniverse1618

anniversal1635

anni1890

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 1311 To every godd..Thei made a temple forth withal, And ech of hem his yeeres dai Attitled hadde.

?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 275 How be it the fyrst dirige may be differred,..ȝet the xxx^ti day and ȝere's day schal neuer be differed.

1581 W. Fulke Reioynder Bristows Replie 211 Bristow in diuers places denieth any such confession of Tertullian, restraining his meaning to an onely ceremonie of oblation and prayers on the yeares day of their departure.

1669 Primer Three Offices Virgin Mary 131 It [sc. the Office for the dead] is to be said wholy..on the day of al faithfull departed, and the day of the departure, and the years-day of any one deceased.

1720 A. Collins Baronettage of Eng. II. 224 That v Mark be rais'd yearly out of his Goods during the Term of seven Years after his Decease to be dispended in cloathing of xiii poor Men and Women.., and paying vid. to every Priest coming to his Years-day and singing Mass.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Annualia, oblations made by the relations of a deceased person on the year's day after the death.

1864 H. Mayhew German Life & Manners I. v. 300 On the anniversary of the founding of the institution an extra-grand entertainment is usually given... On the ‘year's day’..the common practice is for each of the gentlemen to indulge in a bottle of eighteen-penny wine.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	years day
释义	† year's dayn. Forms: Old English geares dægi (probably transmission error), Old English geares dæig, late Old English geares dæg, Middle English ȝeres dai, Middle English ȝeres day, Middle English ȝere's day, Middle English yeeres dai, Middle English yeeris day, 1500s ȝerisday (Scottish), 1500s yeares day, 1600s–1700s years day, 1700s–1800s year's day. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: year n., day n. Etymology: < the genitive of year n. + day n. Compare Old Frisian jēresdei New Year's Day, Middle Dutch jaersdach New Year's Day (Dutch jaarsdag New Year's Day, (now only) anniversary), Old Saxon jāresdag anniversary (Middle Low German jāresdach New Year's Day), Middle High German jārstac New Year's Day (German Jahrestag New Year's Day, (now only) anniversary), Old Norwegian ársdagr anniversary, Old Swedish ars dagher anniversary (Swedish årsdag ). With sense 1 compare New Year's Day n. at New Year n. Compounds 3. With sense 2 compare year-day n. 2 and also year's mind n. Obsolete. 1. = New Year's Day n. at New Year n. Compounds 3. rare after Middle English. ΘΚΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > specific days of the year > New-year's day or eve year's dayOE New Year's Dayc1175 hogmanay1681 singing-e'en1806 Sylvester1838 New Year's Eve1864 OE Ælfric Catholic Homilies: 1st Ser. (Royal) (1997) vi. 228 We habbað oft gehyred þæt men hatað þysne dæg geares dæig, swilce ðes dægi fyrmest sy on geares ymbrene. lOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) anno 1096 Willelm biscop of Dunholme þær forðferde to geares dæge. c1300 St. Fabian (Laud) l. 7 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 177 Þe furste feste þat in þe ȝere comez we cleopiez ȝeres-dai. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 275 He [sc. Christ] hadde of þe firste ȝere of his burþe but sevene dayes from þe nativite to ȝeresday. a1456 (c1425) J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 650 Þis Yeeris Day presenting to your glorye Honnour of knighthoode, conquest and victorye. a1844 T. Campbell Compl. Poet. Wks. (1907) 322 Red sunk December's last dishonoured sun And the young Year's-Day passed without a bun! 2. A day observed each year in commemoration of a person or event; an anniversary; (Christian Church) the anniversary of a person's death as an occasion for holding an office or service, either in commemoration or to pray for the person's soul (cf. obit n.¹ 2a, year's mind n.). ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] anniversaryc1230 year's daya1393 year-day1431 birthday1556 anniversary day1567 anniverse1618 anniversal1635 anni1890 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 1311 To every godd..Thei made a temple forth withal, And ech of hem his yeeres dai Attitled hadde. ?c1450 in G. J. Aungier Hist. & Antiq. Syon Monastery (1840) 275 How be it the fyrst dirige may be differred,..ȝet the xxx^ti day and ȝere's day schal neuer be differed. 1581 W. Fulke Reioynder Bristows Replie 211 Bristow in diuers places denieth any such confession of Tertullian, restraining his meaning to an onely ceremonie of oblation and prayers on the yeares day of their departure. 1669 Primer Three Offices Virgin Mary 131 It [sc. the Office for the dead] is to be said wholy..on the day of al faithfull departed, and the day of the departure, and the years-day of any one deceased. 1720 A. Collins Baronettage of Eng. II. 224 That v Mark be rais'd yearly out of his Goods during the Term of seven Years after his Decease to be dispended in cloathing of xiii poor Men and Women.., and paying vid. to every Priest coming to his Years-day and singing Mass. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Annualia, oblations made by the relations of a deceased person on the year's day after the death. 1864 H. Mayhew German Life & Manners I. v. 300 On the anniversary of the founding of the institution an extra-grand entertainment is usually given... On the ‘year's day’..the common practice is for each of the gentlemen to indulge in a bottle of eighteen-penny wine. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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