† yestern eveadv.

Forms:

α. Old English gyrstanæfen, Old English gyrstanæfenne, Middle English yesten euen.

β. Middle English ȝister neue, Middle English yersten efe, Middle English yorstin heue, 1800s yestern eve.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English giestran , gierstan , even n.¹

Etymology: Originally < Old English giestran, gierstan (late West Saxon gystran , gyrstan ) yesterday (chiefly attested as first element in compounds, especially yesterday adv.: see discussion at that entry) + even n.¹; in β. forms remodelled after eve n.² Compare the similarly-formed Old Frisian jesterēvend . Compare yesternight adv.In Old English with the dative singular of Old English ǣfen (in adverbial use) as second element (for discussion of unmarked dative singular ǣfen , see even n.¹). With quot. a1325 and its variant readings compare yester-even adv. (e.g. quot. a1425 at that entry). The form ȝister neue appears to show metanalysis (see N n.). With later uses (in form yestern eve) compare yestern adv. and yester-eve adv.

Obsolete.

Yesterday evening.Apparently revived in the 19th century in archaic or poetic use.

ΘΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > yesterday > [adverb] > yesterday afternoon or last night

yesternightOE

yestern eveOE

tonightc1275

yester-evenc1330

yesterday evening1490

yestreena1500

this hinder nighta1549

yester-eve1565

yester-even1578

yester-evening1598

α.

OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 47 Þa hlafas wæron swiðe eaðelice þe us gyrstanæfen comon.

OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. ii. 22 Gyrstanæfen [OE Hatton gyrstanæfenne; L. hesterno die sero] me gelamp, þæt ic ungewealdes ætsporn æt anum fotscamele.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 51 We hedde guod wyn yesteneuen and guode metes.

β. a1325 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.1.1) l. 1385 Yorstin heue [a1425 Cambr. Gg.5.31 ȝhistrewyn, c1450 BL Add. ȝistir euyne, a1500 Harl. ȝistereuen] wan þe dai was gon, Hiuele on hond hauedist þou non.a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2160 I sai a selkouþe siȝt mi-self ȝister neue [printed ȝifter-neue].?1458 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 177 He..had spoke wyth Heydon yersten efe for the seyd cause. 1828 D. Erskine King James 2nd of Scotl. (new ed.) iii. 54 Lord Douglas yestern eve arriv'd at his house On Burntsfield Links, where soon I'll see him.1840 R. M. Milnes Poetry for the People 33 Home yestern eve I wearily returned, Though bright my morning mood and short my way.1870 R. Williams Owen Glendower ii. 60 King Henry...When will these floods abate? Earl Warwick. They are abated Since yestern eve.1928 H. M. Fairley Greater Freedom xvii. 213 If he dogged your heels so persistently since yestern eve, which is now only a few hours, the morning being still young..where is he?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yestern eve
释义	† yestern eveadv. Forms: α. Old English gyrstanæfen, Old English gyrstanæfenne, Middle English yesten euen. β. Middle English ȝister neue, Middle English yersten efe, Middle English yorstin heue, 1800s yestern eve. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: English giestran , gierstan , even n.¹ Etymology: Originally < Old English giestran, gierstan (late West Saxon gystran , gyrstan ) yesterday (chiefly attested as first element in compounds, especially yesterday adv.: see discussion at that entry) + even n.¹; in β. forms remodelled after eve n.² Compare the similarly-formed Old Frisian jesterēvend . Compare yesternight adv.In Old English with the dative singular of Old English ǣfen (in adverbial use) as second element (for discussion of unmarked dative singular ǣfen , see even n.¹). With quot. a1325 and its variant readings compare yester-even adv. (e.g. quot. a1425 at that entry). The form ȝister neue appears to show metanalysis (see N n.). With later uses (in form yestern eve) compare yestern adv. and yester-eve adv. Obsolete. Yesterday evening.Apparently revived in the 19th century in archaic or poetic use. ΘΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > yesterday > [adverb] > yesterday afternoon or last night yesternightOE yestern eveOE tonightc1275 yester-evenc1330 yesterday evening1490 yestreena1500 this hinder nighta1549 yester-eve1565 yester-even1578 yester-evening1598 α. OE Seven Sleepers (Julius) (1994) 47 Þa hlafas wæron swiðe eaðelice þe us gyrstanæfen comon. OE Wærferð tr. Gregory Dialogues (Corpus Cambr.) (1900) i. ii. 22 Gyrstanæfen [OE Hatton gyrstanæfenne; L. hesterno die sero] me gelamp, þæt ic ungewealdes ætsporn æt anum fotscamele. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 51 We hedde guod wyn yesteneuen and guode metes. β. a1325 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.1.1) l. 1385 Yorstin heue [a1425 Cambr. Gg.5.31 ȝhistrewyn, c1450 BL Add. ȝistir euyne, a1500 Harl. ȝistereuen] wan þe dai was gon, Hiuele on hond hauedist þou non.a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 2160 I sai a selkouþe siȝt mi-self ȝister neue [printed ȝifter-neue].?1458 W. Worcester in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 177 He..had spoke wyth Heydon yersten efe for the seyd cause. 1828 D. Erskine King James 2nd of Scotl. (new ed.) iii. 54 Lord Douglas yestern eve arriv'd at his house On Burntsfield Links, where soon I'll see him.1840 R. M. Milnes Poetry for the People 33 Home yestern eve I wearily returned, Though bright my morning mood and short my way.1870 R. Williams Owen Glendower ii. 60 King Henry...When will these floods abate? Earl Warwick. They are abated Since yestern eve.1928 H. M. Fairley Greater Freedom xvii. 213 If he dogged your heels so persistently since yestern eve, which is now only a few hours, the morning being still young..where is he? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.OE
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