Obs. The eve of Twelfth-day; Twelfth-night.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Matt. ii. 19, rubric. Ðys sceal on twelftan æfen.
a. 1100. O. E. Chron., an. 1065 (MS. C.). Eadward … forðferde on twelftan æfen, & hyne man bebyriʓde on twelftan dæiʓ.
1538. MS. Acc. St. John’s Hosp., Canterb. Rec. vpon twelfte euen iij s v d.
1582. in Feuillerat, Revels Q. Eliz. (1908), 349. At wyndesor at Twelf Eve at night.
1634–5. Laud, Diary, 5 Jan. Monday night, being Twelfth-eve.
