Middle English Dictionary Entry
males daies phr.
Entry Info
| Forms | males daies phr. |
| Etymology | Modeled after OF maus jours. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Evil days, two days in each month which the folk regard as unlucky.
Associated quotations
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)155b/a : Of egipcianez daiez, i. diez [sic] malez daiez [Ch.(2): dysmalz dayes; L diebus..egyptiacis], þof it be not mych to be charged, Neþerlez for ymaginacioun and spekyng of folkez, be þai kepte.