birth-time
(ˈbɜːθtaɪm)
Also 3 birde-, 3–4 bur-, buyr-, burþe-.
Date or moment of birth.
| 1297 R. Glouc. 9 From oure Lordes burþe time to þe worldes ende. Ibid. 443 Oure Louerdes burtyme. c 1300 Life of Jesus 295 (Mätz.) Þet oþur buyrtyme þat scholde beo þo he gan hem þat lere. a 1564 Becon Com.-pl. Holy Script. Wks. (1844) 302 If they did perceive in the birth-time that it was a boy. 1860 Hawthorne Marble Faun (1879) I. xviii. 183 The birth-time of Christianity. |