adv. phr. Obs. [= ALL DAY; cf. alway.]

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  1.  Every day (see ALL A 3); hence, Continually, always. (Cf. Fr. tous les jours, toujours.) Obs.

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1297.  R. Glouc., 92. Þe grete tresour þat he alday nom.

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1387.  Trevisa, Higden, VI. xvii. Rolls Ser. VII. 103. We dye alday [Quotidie morimur], but none overcomeþ.

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1393.  Gower, Conf., Prol. 15. To hem that shall it alday rede.

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1477.  Pympe, in Paston Lett., 794, III. 185. That wrytith, sendith, and wisshith alday your wele More than his owne.

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1483.  Caxton, Gold. Leg., 73/3. What shal I aldaye wryte.

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  2.  The whole day, all day (which is the usual form; see ALL A 1. Cf. Fr. tout le jour, toute la journée).

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1297.  R. Glouc., 197. Þey ech of vs sete alday, þe beste red to rede, Betere ansuere ne ssolde we fynde.

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