Middle English Dictionary Entry
alamire n.
Entry Info
| Forms | alamire n. |
| Etymology | a-la-mi-re |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Mus. The second note in the Guidonian hexachord on G sol re ut. [See W. Apel, Harvard Dict.of Music (1950), under hexachord.]
Associated quotations
- a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)245 : Alamire haþe 4 acordis: vt, mi, ffa, la be proprechaunt: vt a 10, mi a 12, ffa a 13, la a 15.
- a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)247 : La a 12 in Alamire be proprechaunt.
- a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)248 : Alamire haþe 7 acordis.