What does undern-bell mean?

undern-bell

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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Dated; Obsolete

"At Stamford the signal for the commencement of the corn market was, in the reign of Edward IV, the ringing of the Undernone or Undern bell."
"When they rang the undern-bell, he was in London and not yet ready; and yet he won to Canterbury long ere evensong, riding fifty miles."

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