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niht-sang

  • noun [ masculine ]
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niht-sang, es; m.
the service at the seventh of the canonical hours, compline
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  • Nú gebyraþ mæssepreóstum ðæt hí ða seofon tídsangas gesyngon . . . nihtsang seofoþan,

    • L. Ælfc. C. 19
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 350, 3-7 : R. Ben. 40, 7.
  • Hwænne wylle gé singan nihtsangc (

    completorium

    ),
    • Coll. Monast. Th. 34, 3.
a copy of the service
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  • Sind .ii. fulle sangbéc and .i. nihtsang . . . Hé ne funde ná má búton áne capitulare and .i. forealdodne nihtsang ... ,

    • Chart. Th. 430, 8, 28.
Etymology
[
Icel. nátt-söngr.
]
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