† alday, advb. phr. Obs.
[= all day; cf. alway.]
1. Every day (see all A 3); hence, Continually, always. (Cf. Fr. tous les jours, toujours.) Obs.
| 1297 R. Glouc. 92 Þe grete tresour þat he alday nom. 1387 Trevisa Higden vi. xvii. Rolls Ser. VII. 103 We dye alday [Quotidie morimur], but none overcomeþ. 1393 Gower Conf. Prol. 15 To hem that shall it alday rede. 1477 Pympe in Paston Lett. 794 III. 185 That wrytith, sendith, and wisshith alday your wele More than his owne. 1483 Caxton Gold. Leg. 73/3 What shal I aldaye wryte. |
2. The whole day, all day (which is the usual form; see all A 1. Cf. Fr. tout le jour, toute la journée).
| 1297 R. Glouc. 197 Þey ech of vs sete alday, þe beste red to rede, Betere ansuere ne ssolde we fynde. |