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uht-song Eccl. Now Hist.|uːxt-|
[OE. úhtsang, -song, f. úhte ughten. Cf. OHG. uhtisang, ON. and Icel. óttusǫngr (MSw. otto-, otta-, ottesang, Sw. ottesång).]
The ecclesiastical office celebrated just before daybreak; nocturns or matins.
a900O.E. Martyrol. 23 June 102 From uhtsanges tide heo a wunode..on hire ᵹebede oð dæᵹ. c900tr. Bæda's Eccl. Hist. iv. xxv. 348 Hu neah þære tide wære, þætte þa broðor arisan scolden..& heora uhtsong singan. c960Rule St. Benet ix. (Schröer) 33 On wintres timan is se uhtsang þus to beᵹinnenne. a1225Ancr. R. 18 Þer efter anonriht vre Leafdi vhtsong siggeð oþisse wise. Ibid. 22 Biuoren Uht⁓song & efter Prime.
1720Johnson Canons Ch. Engl., Elfric's Can. xix, Let them sing..the Uht-song, the Prime-song, the Undern-song [etc.]. 1844Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) I. vii. 272 note, The night-song..was frequently joined with the uht⁓song. 1853Rock Ch. of Fathers III. ii. 11 The ‘invitatory’ at the beginning of uht-song or matins. |