Middle English Dictionary Entry
han-crẹ̄d n.
Entry Info
| Forms | han-crẹ̄d n. |
| Etymology | OE han-crēd |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. hane-crau.
1.
Cockcrow, dawn.
Associated quotations
- c1175(OE) Bod.Hom.Dom.Quadr.(Bod 343)44/17 : Ȝe nyten hwænne Drihten cumende bið, on reowsunge [read: repsunge], oððe to middre nihte, oððe on hancrede, oððe on ærne mareȝen.
- c1175(?OE) Bod.Hom.(Bod 343)56/5 : Hwæder he cyme on efen, oððe on middere nihte, oððe to hancrede, oððe on dæȝræde.