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lucernalis

lucernalis, ~aris [LL] 1 (adj.) of or pertaining to lamps; b (eccl., hora ~alis) the hour of vespers. ut decor ejus [sc. tabernaculi] ‥ noctu ~aribus [v. l. ~alibus] flammis illustretur Bede Tab. 461D.  b ~ali hora completa, ‥ castum petebat cubile (Baldred of Rievaulx) Fordun Chr. V 43. 2 (as sb., prob. f.) ‘candle-wort’, mullein. fromos [i. e. phlomos] vel ~aris vel insana vel lucubros, candelwyrt [cf. Isid. Etym. XVII 9. 73] Ælf. Gl. 137. 8.

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