† yeresgiftyeresȝiftn.
Obsolete.
= yeresyeve n.
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the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] > gift at Christmas or New Year > gift at New Year
yeresyeve1194
New Year's gifta1400
hogmanay1443
yeresgift1545
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. iii. 99 Hem þat desireth Ȝiftes or ȝeresȝyues [MS. R. (14..) ȝereȝiftes] bi-cause of here offices.
c1425 Orolog. Sapient. vii, in Anglia X. 386/24 In þis daye begynneþ þe ȝeere, and..þey þat ben knytte to-gedir by love specyalle vsen to ȝeve eche oþere ȝeerys-ȝiftis.
1545 in Shropshire Parish Documents (1903) 79 For or. ladys yeres gyft.
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