Obs. [f. EASTER sb. + -LY1.] Pertaining to Easter or to the passover.
c. 1000. Ags. Gosp., Luke ii. 42. Hy foron to hierusalem to þam easterlican freolse.
c. 1175. Lamb. Hom., 89. Ðas fifti daȝes fram þan esterliche deie beoð alle ihalȝode to ane herunge.
1450–1530. Myrr. Our Ladye, 135. Pryncypally amongest these estirnly solempnytes.
