† ˈpasch-day Sc. and north. dial. Obs.
Forms: see pasch, pace n.2
Easter-day. (Sometimes applied to Good Friday.)
| c 1200 Ormin 15552 Forr þatt Judisskenn Passkedaȝȝ þa shollde cumenn newenn. a 1300 Cursor M. 13227 (Cott.) Sant ion..was slan in pasch daus [F. paske dawes]. 1472 in Surtees Misc. (1888) 25 The Lord sall reperell be Passe day. 1596 Dalrymple tr. Leslie's Hist. Scot. iv. 227 Anent the celebratione of the Pasche day. a 1670 Spalding Troub. Chas. I (1850) I. 262 No preiching nor commvnion..wes vsit and wont, nor yit givin on pash day. |