Obs. rare. [= ON. friá-nótt; cf. OE. fríȝe-ǽten Thursday evening.] a. The night before (Good) Friday. b. The night of (Good) Friday.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 122. Efter alle he schendfule pinen þet he þolede oðe longe uriniht, me ledde him amorwen uorte hongen o waritreo.
c. 1440. Jacob’s Well (E.E.T.S.), 177. On good fryȝ-nyȝt … þe chanoun lay be þe iewys dowter. On þe satyrday [etc.].
