[c. 950. Lindisf. Gosp., Mark xi. 11. Miððy ʓee efrn wæs tid ʓefoerde on Bethania mið tuoelfum.]
a. 1000. trans. Greg. Dial., I. x. (Bosw.). Seo æfen-tid ðes dæʓes.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 404. Iðen ende of al his liue, þet was ase iðen euentid.
1388. Wyclif, Gen. i. 8. And the euentid and morwetid was maad, the secounde dai.
c. 1430. trans. T. à Kempis’ Imit., I. xix. In þe eventide discusse þe maner, what þou hast ben þis day in worde, worke, & þouȝt.
1578. Chr. Prayers, in Priv. Prayers (1851), 447. This life hath not one hour certain, whensoever the eventide thereof cometh.
1611. Bible, Gen. xxiv. 63. And Isaac went out, to meditate in the field, at the euentide.
1780. Cowper, Nighting. & Gloww. Nor yet at eve his note suspended, Nor yet when eventide was ended.
1851. Longf., Gold. Leg., VI. Castle Vautsberg. Those same soft bells at eventide Rang in the ears of Charlemagne.
attrib. 1382. Wyclif, Ps. cxl. 2. Euentid sacrifise.
