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gallicantus

gallicantus [LL < CLas two words] , cockcrow. ad galli cantum Bede HE III 19; circa galli cantum Ib. IV 21 p. 256; [vetula] in eadem nocte post ~um curata ‥ est Mir. J. Bev. A 313; noctibus singulis primo ~u a lecto surgebat Map NC II 8 f. 25v; noctis hora quasi circa primum ~um Gir. EH II 30; s1201 cum ‥ ~us adveniret cepit gallus more solito cantare Ann. Wint. 76; 1250 inter mediam noctem et ~um IMisc 4/21; carnem ita ‥ afflixit ‥ algore ut ‥ a ~u usque diluculum in torrentis medio nudus pernoctaret (Petrocus) NLA II 318; s1340 in nocte S. Andree circa ~um turrim Londoniarum ‥ intravit Ad. Mur. Chr. 116; in fine ‥ psalterii sunt ympni ‥ primus ‥ pro medio noctis ‥ secundus ad ~um ‘Eterne rerum conditor’; ad matutinas [etc.] Elmh. Cant. 97; the cok crawe, ~us, gallicinium, †gallicanus CathA.

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