For forms see EASTER. [OE. éastor-dæʓ, f. éastor- combining form of éastron, EASTER; some of the ME. and early mod. forms are f. the genit. or nom.] Easter Sunday.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 45. Uwilc sunne-dei is to locan alswa ester dei.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 61. Forte þene þuresdai biforen estrene dai. Ibid., 99. Þis dai is cleped estre dai.
1398. Trevisa, Barth. De P. R., IX. xxxi. (1495), 367. Eester daye is tyme of gladnesse.
1447. Bokenham, Seyntys (1835), 180. On esterne day next folwyng.
1480. Caxton, Descr. Brit., 29. He helde vnlawfully esterday.
1517. Torkington, Pilgr. (1884), 53. He sawe … Criste rysen vpon Estern Day.
a. 1642. Suckling, Ballad Wedding, Poems (1648), 38. No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
