query re meaning
Greetings, all.
I have just joined the forum and have a query to which someone here may know the answer. As an historian I am not a literature specialist, but I am a semi-pro singer, and have encountered a term in Benjamin Britten's cantata, On Christ's Nativity, that I do not recognise. It is a reference to "the dazie overhead" and is set in the context of preparing a medieval-style hall for the impending visit of a king (viz Christ). My question is, what is the dazie? I would hazard a guess that the term derives from Norman French and refers to some sort of canopy over the seat of honour, but can anybody be more specific than this?
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