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none1 (1113-19)
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none1 (1113-19)

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non,  nonne,  noon,  noone;  noun,  noune,  nounne;  nune  (noen  Rot Parl1 iii 502,  nome)  
  FEW:  nones 7,189b Gdf:  none 5,524b GdfC:  none 10,208a TL: none 2 6,784 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  none  TLF:  none  OED:  none n.  / nones n.1  / nones n.2  / nones n.3  / noon n.  MED:  non n.  / nones n.2  DMLBS:  nonus 1928c

In medieval time-keeping, the none or ‘ninth hour’ seem to have referred to different times of the day. Strictly speaking, the ‘ninth’ canonical hour is around 3 p.m., in the middle of the afternoon. However, in medieval times (and particularly in England) the period that was referred to as none (both in English and in Anglo-Norman) began to move back in time, and soon became synonymous with ‘midi’, i.e. midday, resulting in Modern English ‘noon’. Nevertheless, the original sense also seems to have persisted all through the A-N period. For more information, see FEW 7,190a, and William Rothwell, ‘The hours of the day in medieval French’, French Studies 13 (1959), 240-51, and ‘A further note on nonne’, French Studies 20 (1966), 223-5.

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a.num.

num.ninth: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Gerlan le vus dirat, Ki ben espruved l’at Enz el quint capitele Qu’il ad fait de sun livere, E Turkil el terz livere E el nome capitele  Comput ANTS 2400
( 1280-1307; MS: s.xiv1 )  Gregori le pape, qe none est nomee  LANGTOFT thiol2 479.195

s.

1liturgicaltimeninth hour of the canonical day, mid-afternoon (around 3 p.m.): 
( 1121-25; MS: s.xiv1 )  Sicum fud er al samedi, Vinc ci entre nune e midi  S Brend mup 1428
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Nepurquant par demures Que nus apelum 'hures' En est divisiun Par itele raisun, Char prime apelent le une, Terce, midi e nune, La quinte, remuntee, E la siste, vespree  Comput ANTS 252
( s.xiiim; MS: s.xiiiex )  Coment li douz Jhesu se porta de midi jusques a noune  Gospel Harmony 29.vi.5
( s.xiv1; MS: s.xivm )  le jour devynt obscure de mydé tanqe a nonne (l. noune) pur tut cest monde  Plaintes Vge 161
♦timenoon, midday: 
( c.1339 )  si l’achat soit fait a manger oue aprés manger, dunk est l’achatour tenuz [a] citeseynz qe de li demaundrount part (=lot) avaunt noun l’endemeyn et nient eutre  Bor Cust ii 173
( 1397 )  entour .viij. del clokke devaunt l'oure de noon [...] et revient a luy entour l'oure de neof del clokke aprés l'oure de noon, mesme le jour  Rot Parl1 iii 379
( 1403 )  Escript a Hereford, en tresgraunte haste, a trois de la clocke aprés noone, le tierce jour de septembre  Roy Lett Hen IV i 159
2eccl.liturgicaloffice of Nones (with some flexibility regarding the time of day when these were held): 
( 1121-35; MS: s.xii3/3 )  Pur ceo nune cantum Kar en icele saisun Li espirit s’en alat E la terre tremblat  Best ants 281
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 )  Quant il fu descenduz, al mustier s'en alad. S'il esteit de chanter none tens demandad. Mais ultre none esteit: none e vespres chantad  Becket1 73
( c.1245; MS: c.1255 )  Mi moinne deussent lever, Nune a cest' hure chanter  S Edw paris ANTS 4394
( 1260-70; MS: s.xiv1 )  Le samadi a midi nune sonerent  Man pechez 1439
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xivin )  Chescune die ses houres [...] Noune touz jours aprés mangier et quant vous dormez aprés dormir tant come esté dure [...] En yver, avant mangier [...]  Ancren1 15.28
3 geog. south: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Une riviere l’avirone Devers miedi e devers none  Rom de Rou wace ii 29.3830
none close
clore
halte none
timehigh noon, midday or early afternoon: 
( c.1240; MS: c.1300 )  Chescune symaine par vendredi [...] Kant haute nune serra passé, Cele curtine ert sus levé  Mir N-D 231.43
( 1355 )  ils tuerent William de Holme, malveisement en treson, entour la haute nounne, en boys de Somersham  Rot Parl1 ii 267
( a.1382; MS: a.1382 )  Et entour le haute none si commencerent les batailles d'entreferire  Anon Chr1 22.28

s. sg. and pl.

timehist.nones (of the Roman calendar), the ninth day before the ides of a month (i.e. the 7th of March, May, July, October, and the 5th of the other months): 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  [...] Puis les nones feverier Que est aprof genever  Comput ANTS 3385
( 1256; MS: c.1300 )  Ces quatre meis, Marz e May, Joingnet, Octobre, ben le say, Al setime jor nones averez, Al quint des altres les tenez  RAUF ANTS 499
( s.xiii3/3; MS: s.xivm )  Si departist hors del prison [...] le jour devant les nones de feverer  Rich I 43.2
( a.1399; MS: a.1399 )  Mesme celle an .lxix. nones de Novembre morust le noble count de Southefolk  Anon Chr1 62.22
secunde, terce (etc.) none(s)
timesecond, third (etc.) day before the nones of a month: 
( 1113-19; MS: s.xii3/3 )  (Advent:) Deva[n]t les .v. kalendes De decembre, en vertéd, Ne deit esree esguardéd, Ne aprof les .iij. Nones de icel meimes mais  Comput ANTS 3456
( s.xiii4/4; MS: 1307-15 )  Anno gratiæ .m. .cc. .xix. fust Seint Thomas, le erceveske de Cantorbire, translaté la secunde noune de Juil  Reis Engl1 282.6
( c.1235; MS: c.1235 )  As quartes nones k’en aust venent De sa truvure feste tenent  S Aub 437r
( c.1335; MS: s.xivm )  Meisme cel an le quinte noun de Decembre murust le pape Johan le XXII a Avynoun  Anon Chr2 170

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See also:

noef1  noefisme  nonsion  novene1 
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