Middle English Dictionary Entry
fāburdǒun n.
Entry Info
| Forms | fāburdǒun n. Also faburthon. |
| Etymology | OF faux-bourdon. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Mus. A form of three-part discanting on a plain song.
Associated quotations
- (1454) Let.in Burton Hemingbrough [OD col.]()383 : Of connyng sufficiante..to synge a tribull til faburdun.
- a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)263/38 : The sight of ffaburdon..most in vse..haþe but 2o sightis: a 3de aboue þe plain-song in sight, þe whech is a 6 fro þe treble in voice, & a euyn with þe plain-song in sight þe wheche is a 8te fro þe treble in voise.
- c1470(?1458) Wey Jerus.(Bod 565)96 : Cantabamus in honore Dei et beate Marie Magnificat, in faburthon.