Halloweven

English

Proper noun

Halloweven (plural not attested)

  1. Archaic form of Halloween.
    • 1890, The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, page 398:
      HALLOWEVEN or Hallowe’en, the vigil of Hallowmas or All Saints’ Day.
    • 1895, Werner's Magazine, volume 17, Halloweven Cheer, page 763:
      She had heard the mystic wisdom / Of the waters of the meer; / There she sought her lover’s picture / ’Mid the Halloweven cheer.
    • 1898, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Report of the Annual Meeting, volume 67, page 491:
      659. Dalry.—On Halloweven the fairies rode on cats at the Holme Glen, Dalry. On that night considerate housekeepers shut up their cats, to prevent them from being laid hold of by the fairies.
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