noun · countable / uncountable · rare

cockcrow

cockcrow · cockcrows

Hahnenschrei

The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heardThe time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light.

Meaning

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(countable, uncountable)The time of day at which the first crow of a cockerel is heard; dawn or daybreak; first light.
Hahnenschrei
the first light of day

Origin

From Middle English cok crowe (also as cokkes crowe), equivalent to cock + crow. Likely a

From Middle English cok crowe (also as cokkes crowe), equivalent to cock + crow. Likely a suppletive variation of Old English hancrǣd (“cockcrow, dawn”, literally “cock-crowing”), from hana (“cock, rooster”) + crǣd (“crowing”).

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