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hymenaeus

hymenaeus, the nuptial hymn, wedding song

hymenaeus [CL < ὑμέναιος, cf. LL hymeneiusadj.] 1 (as sb. m. or n.) wedding-song. b (usu. pl.) wedding, nuptials. ymenaeus Ælf. Gl. 129 (v. epithalamium a); hinc yminea vocant, vario sonat aula tumultu Nig. Mir. BVM 21ra; Aquilone mansueto / elementa nexu leto / colunt hymenea P. Blois Carm. 16. 1.  b [S. Johannes] torrido castitatis ardore flagrans, vetitos regalia tori hymeneos [gl.: gyfta, hœmeda] compescens Aldh. VirgP 23; simulato hymenei [gl.: hœmedscipes, gyfte] commercio simul conversantur Ib. 35; hymeneos, hœmedo GlC H 164; nonne ~os despexit et Pathmos dilexit? Byrht. V. Ecgwini 349; himeneos, hœmeða Ælf. Gl. 111; 10‥ hymeneos, wifþing, gifta, hœmed WW. 2 Hymen, god of weddings. Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 630 (v. 3 infra); ~us, proprium nomen hominis et deus prepositus nupciis Bacon Gram. Gk. 67. 3 (as adj.) sleeping. ymenaeus, dormiens [MS adds: vel deus nuptiarum] Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 630.

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