See also: Alday

English edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle English alday (all day), compound of al +‎ day. Equivalent to all +‎ day.

Adverb edit

alday (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) For the whole day; all day.
    • 1611, Joseph Hall, “Epistle VIII. To E.B. Dedicated to Sir George Goring.”, in Epistles [], volume III, London: [] [William Stansby and William Jaggard] for Samuell Macham, [], →OCLC, 5th decade, pages 95–96:
      To ſet the minde on the racke of long meditation (you ſay) is a torment: to follow the ſwift foote of your hound alday long, hath no wearineſſe: what would you ſay of him that finds better game in his ſtudie, then you in the fielde, and would account your diſport his puniſhment? ſuch there are, though you doubt and wonder.

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Middle English edit

Etymology edit

al +‎ day

Adverb edit

alday

  1. all day (the entire day)