hancred

Old English

FWOTD – 15 July 2017

Alternative forms

Etymology

hana (“rooster”) +‎ crēd

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɑnˌkreːd/, [ˈhɑnˌkreːd]

Noun

hancrēd m

  1. (historical) the period of the early morning when roosters begin to crow; the wee hours of morning
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCXCV Hēr wæs sē mōna āþȳstrod betwux hancrēd ⁊ dagunge on V Kƚ Aprilis. ⁊ Eard[wulf] feng tō Norþanhymbra cynedōme on II Iđ Maĩ., and hē wæs syððan ġebletsod ⁊ his cynestōle āhafen on VII Kƚ Iunii on Eoforwīc frām Ēanbalde arċebisċop, ⁊ Æþelberhte ⁊ Hiġebalde ⁊ Badwulfe [bisċeopas].
      Year 795 In this year the moon was obscured between the cock's crow and dawn on the fifth of April. And Eardwulf became king of Northumbria on the second of May, and then on the seventh of June his throne was raised and he was blessed in York by Archbishop Eanbald and Bishops Aethelbright, Higebald, and Badwulf.

Usage notes

In Bede and others, this terms refers to a particular period of night following midniht (midnight) and before the first light of dawn.

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