Middle English Dictionary Entry
ce-fa-ut n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ce-fa-ut n. Also c-fa-ut. |
| Etymology |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Mus. The fourth note in the Guidonian hexachord on Gamma ut.
Associated quotations
- a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)244 : Cefaut hathe 4 acordis: mi, sol, la, be propechaunt, & ffa be ♯ quarre in Csolfaut.
- a1450 Treat.Music (Lnsd 763)245 : Þu maist ymagin fro Csolfaut vn-to Ela, as þu hast do fro Cfaut vn-to Csolfaut.