(a) A day appointed for a meeting between enemies, rivals, parties to a lawsuit, etc., for the purpose of reconciliation or arbitration; often, the meeting so arranged; also, the reconciliation or agreement reached at such a meeting; (b) breken love-daies, to violate or upset agreements reached at lovedays; brekere of love-daies, a violator of lovedays, a disturber of the peace; holden love-daies, arrange, preside over, or arbitrate in lovedays; leden forth ~, preside at a loveday; ledere of love-daies, one who presides at a loveday; ?also, an arbitrator; maken ~, arrange a meeting between contending parties; come to a loveday as one of the disputants; reach an agreement (with sb.) at a loveday; nimen ~, come to a loveday to be reconciled; taken ~, come for reconciliation; appoint a day for reconciliation; (c) fig. peace in hell; a peace conference between knights in mortal combat; maken ~, to make peace (between God and man, between priests and friars, etc.); come to terms (with peace and rest); (d) ~ makere, an arbitrator, a mediator; ~ makinge, the arbitration of a dispute; (e) as surname.