jan 1, 1593 - steven
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It has several related meanings in northern dialects, of which one is ‘an assembly, a gatherin, an appointment’ (EDD). That may explain the following manorial order: 1593 ‘that no man be involved on the sabbath in <i>lez goose eatinges, pigge eating</i> ... <i>steavens sive helpales</i>’, Slaithwaite (DD/R/M).
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