† Christ-tide Obs.
Also 6 Christyde, 6–7 -tide, 7 -tid.
[f. Christ + tide n.]
Christmas.
| 1589 R. Harvey Pl. Perc. (1860) 36 I haue such hast of my worke against Christide. c 1630 Risdon Surv. Devon §342 (1810) 352 From September until Christide. 1641 W. Cartwright Ordinary iv. v, Let Christ-tide be thy fast, And Lent thy good repast. 1656 N. Riding Q. Sess. Rec. V. 220 The Sessions next after Christyde next. |