dial. Also in many corrupt forms, ware-, wartday, warder, warter, wharter, etc.: see Eng. Dial. Dict. [Of Scandinavian origin: cf. Sw. hvardag, Da. hverdag, lit. ‘every day’ (ON. hver-r every, dag-r day).] A week-day, as opposed to Sunday: = EVERYDAY sb. b. Also attrib.
1598. Knaresb. Wills (Surtees), I. 214. To Anne Atkinson my warday gowne.
1788. Marshall, Rur. Econ. Yorks., II. 363. Wark-day (pron. warday); week-day; in contradistinction to Sunday: ‘Sunday and war-day’ [For later examples see Eng. Dial. Dict.]
