1 Jan 1476 Jahr - ay

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Ever, always, continually (OED). The word is no longer in everyday use but survives regionally, notably in the north and Scotland. Its frequency in Yorkshire by-names and surnames is already on record, that is: 1354 <i>Ayglad, </i>1379<i> Ayproud, </i>and 1476<i> Ayredy</i> (ESS1): these will have been nicknames originally and they appear to be comments on aspects of a person’s behaviour. A carter who was in the employ of Bolton Priory had a name of this type and is regularly referred to in their accounts, typically as: 1319 <i>Ricardo Drunken carectario ijs vjd</i> (YRS154/466). He is almost certainly identical with: 1310 <i>Ricardo Aydrunken</i> (YRS154/275). The likelihood is that these were quite popular nicknames: 1294 <i>Robert Aydrunken, </i>Studley Roger (YRS121/102); 1381 <i>Willelmus Ayredy</i>, Beverley (PTER).

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