adv. Obs. Forms: 1 ʓyrstanæfen, 4 yesteneuen, ȝister-neue. [OE.: f. ʓyrstan (see YESTERDAY) + ǽfen EVEN sb.] Yesterday evening.
c. 900. Wærferth, trans. Gregory’s Dial., 22. Ʒyrstanæfen [v.r. ʓyrstanæfenne] me ʓelamp, þæt ic unʓewealdes ætsporn æt anum forscamele.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Saints’ Lives, xxiii. 469. Forþon þe þa hlafas wæron swiðe eaðelice þe us ʓyrstan æfen comon.
1340. Ayenb., 51. We hedde guod wyn yesten-euen and guode metes.
c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 2160. I sai a selkouþe siȝt mi-self ȝister-neue.
