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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1491
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Nocturne, (Notturne,) n. [ME. (Ancr. R.) and e.m.E., F. nocturne, med. L. nocturna fem. sing. of nocturnus: see Nocturn(e,a.] One of the three divisions of the office of matins. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xviii. 139.
[The monks] Singand … Of the todyr nocturne the fyrst verse 1491 Cart. S. Nich. Aberd. I. 256.
Quhay that cumis nocht to the first legende of ix lessonis … and to the ferde psalme of the notturne … salbe reput absent fra that houre
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