Middle English Dictionary Entry
Wednes-night n.
Entry Info
| Forms | Wednes-night n. Also wendesniȝt, wodnesniȝt. |
| Etymology | OE Wōdnes-niht |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
In adverbial phrases: the (than) ~, etc., on the night before Wednesday, Tuesday night.
Associated quotations
- c1300 SLeg.Becket (LdMisc 108)1125 : Þene moruwe ope seint lucus day—tiwes-dai it was þo—he departede fram þe kingus court…his wei þane wodnes-niȝt [Corp-C: þe Wendesniȝt; Hrl: Thane Wendesdai aniȝt; Ashm: Wendesdai nyȝt] out of þe toune he nam; Sone morewe þene þores-dai to lincolne he cam.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)136.563 (v.2:p.379) : Yt happyd hym vpon a wedenys-nygh a lytyl to ouyrslepyn his tyme.
- (a1460) Bokenham Sts. (Adv Abbotsford B3)136.581 (v.2:p.379) : Euery wednys-nyth I goo doun into purgatorye.