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Januarius [CL] 1 (as adj.) of January. [Sarraceni] apparebant ‥ mense ~io Bede HE V 23 p. 349; Berctuald archiepiscopus ‥ defunctus est die iduum ~iarum Ib; Kalendas ~ias Egb. Pen. 8. 4 (v. 2 causa 2d); 802 paginam ‥ scribi precepimus mense ~io (Lit. Papae) W. Malm. GP I 37 p. 59; frigus nobis et pluvias mensibus viz. Februario et ~io provenire ‥ sentimus Wals. AD I 1 p. 6. 2 (as sb. m.) January. Bede TR 15 (v. December); 742 Kalende ~ii (v. daps a); 1116 Nonis ~ii (v. dare 13a); ~io mediante Wlstanus transiit W. Malm. GP IV 165; Capricorni ‥ signum ab inferis partibus ad superiora remittit ‥ duodecimo kalendis ~ii solstitio brumali Wals. AD II 1 p. 50. 3 door-keeper, gate-ward, porter. ibi sedit abbas ‥ et ille ~ius aecclesiae Hugeb. Will. 4 p. 99; ~ius, getweard Ælf. Gram. 314; credimus divinitus procuratum ut ad horam ~ius loco suo cederet W. Cant. V. Thom. I 31; atriensis, janitor, ostiarius, exclusarius, †patigitrarius [MS: patigiarius], †januaris [MS: januarius] Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 48; c1220 sigillum Ade ~ii Cart. Osney II 424n. 2; 1344 ad quandam portam civitatis predicte progressi et ~ium ejusdem porte ‥ vi fugaverint Pat 212/12d.; Rogero ~io Feod. Durh. 130.

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