Middle English Dictionary Entry
tīde-sō̆ng n.
Entry Info
| Forms | tīde-sō̆ng n. Also (early) tidsang, -sanʒ & (infl.) tidesonge(n, (early) tidsanʒe, (gen.) -sanges, -sanʒes & (error) tidsansanges. |
| Etymology | OE tīd-sang |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A divine service; also, the divine service particular to a canonical hour.
Associated quotations
- a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)89/18 : Ealle endemest heora nihtsang singan & þa ʒebedu þes tidsansanges [read: tidsanges] anmode mid anbrirnesse ʒefyllan.
- a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)91/1 : Sona swa þæt beacn þæs belhringes ʒehyred bið.. forlete æʒhwylc swa hwæt swa heo on handa hæfð & mid ofste þone tidsanʒ þære godcundan þenunge ʒesece.
- a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)91/14-15 : Ac stande heo ealre ytemest..& ʒeendedum tidsanʒe openlice hreosiende bete, þæt is, astrecce hiʒ æt þæs tidsanges ende &..heora ʒemeleste eadmodlice ʒebete.
- a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)91/23 : Ac heo ganʒe in, þæt hire se tidsang eallunʒe ne losiʒe.
- a1225 Wint.Ben.Rule (Cld D.3)93/20 : Æt ælces tidsanʒes ʒeendunge licʒan hiʒ ætforan þære cyrcan dure.
- c1300 SLeg.Brendan (Hrl 2277:Horst.)226 : Þe foweles sunge ek here matyns..& siþþe alto [?read: also] prime..vnderne..middai & afterwardes non, & eche tyde songen [Corp-C: tyde songe] of þe dai, as cristene men scholde don.