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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A day of someone's life; chiefly in plural: a lifetime. archaic

   "For loth in his lifdayes · for likyng of drynke / Dede bi his douȝtres · þat þe deuel lyked."

Example

More examples

"For loth in his lifdayes · for likyng of drynke / Dede bi his douȝtres · þat þe deuel lyked."

Etymology

From Middle English lif-day; equivalent to life + day.

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