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Mounday, Munday, Moonday, Moneday, n. Also: moune-, mon- and -daye and mundy. [Late ME. (14–15th c.) and e.m.E. Monday, Munday, var. of monenday Mon(o)unday. Cf. also Munnisday.In Sc. uncommon before the late 16th c. The three earliest instances (of monday, mounday, moneday respectively) all occur in documents concerned with Anglo-Scottish Border affairs (1384 Slater Early Sc. Texts No. 5, 1397 Ib. No. 35 1398 Ib. No. 40), where the forms chosen seem likely to be due to English versions of the documents in question. Some of the instances of Mounday may possibly result from scribal or editorial miscounting or miscopying of the series of minims in Monunday. The spelling Moonday was popular during the 17th c.]

Monday. = Mon(o)unday n.(a) 1482–3 Acta Conc. II. cv.
Quhill the Mounday that nixt cummis 1515 Douglas Corr. 68.
The Byschep of Dunkeldone is decessyt this Mouneday the xv day of January c1400 Troy-bk. ii. 2908 (D).
On a Mounday tymely c 1542 Prot. Bk. W. Corbet 22.
On Moundaye at nwyn & ewyn 1571 Inverness Rec. I. 207.
This last Moundaye 1585 Prot. Bk. J. Scott b. 1586 Inverness Rec. I. 307. 1600 Argyll Rentals Nov. 1629 Chron. Perth 32.
In this May wer v Setterdays, v Moundayis 1632 Cullen B. Rec. 13 Apr.
Eftir Mounday nixt(b) 1568 Anderson Collect. Mary IV. ii. 74.
I bring the man with me … upoun Munday quhair he will be all Wendisday 1640 Haddington Corr. 178.
A meiting … on Munday and a brydell … on Theusday 1649 Fair Warning to Take Heed of the Scottish Discipline 17.
The shoe-makers … were most interessed in the Munday merkets 1654 Cramond Kirk S. 16 July.
To compeir … for tuilȝieing wpon Munday after the communion 1661 Elgin Rec. II. 299. 1678 Wemyss Corr. 122.
Next Mundy or Tusdy 1694 Kingarth Par. Rec. 177.
Till Mundy morning 1697 Glasgow B. Rec. IV. 235.
On Mundays morning nixt(c) 1634 Glasgow B. Rec. II. 24.
Vpoun Moonday nixttocum 1637 Cochran-Patrick Coinage II. 60.
Thair meeting to be vpon the Moonday 1639 Fam. Innes 232.
Upoune Moonday … be two efternoon a1650 Row 186. 1649 Elgin Rec. II. 433. 1656 Peebles B. Rec. II. 34. 1677 Rothesay B. Rec. 350. 1680 Kirkcudbr. B. Rec. MS. 3 Nov. 1684 Lauder Notices Affairs II. 485. 1689 Dunkeld Presb. II. 80. 1689 Leven & Melv. P. 6.
I expect to hear from yow on Monday, seing yow wer at Edinburgh the Moonday befor 1695 Wedderburn Bk. II. 62. 1706 Melville Corr. 193.(d) 1597 Skene Verb. S. (1599) s.v. Hebdomas.
The second day is Moneday, and corruptly Mononday 1628 Dundonald Par. Rec. 265. 1646 Maxwell Burthen Issachar 12.
The Mondayes market a1699 Skene Agric. MS.
On Tarnetie Monday being the Monday efter Whitsonday