accrann
.
Searchable Lemmata: accran (Ir), archen (W), archenad (W), orchinat (Corn).
Alternate Forms: accrannaib, archenatou, archennat, haccrandaib, harchenat.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Accessory;
footwear; shoe or sandal. The term is used to describe shoes for both persons and horses. In Welsh, archenad appears also to have referred to boots or similar legwear extending high up the leg, or more generally to clothing or garments worn on other parts of the body: for discussion see Williams, P. (2012), 98-99.(ante 800 - post 1800 ?)
5. Ef (medyd) a dele traean e kver, neu pedeyr keynnyavc en e le y gan e dysteyn, neu archenat a talho pedeyr keynnyavc.
[GPC LlI (12, §16, 7-9)]
9. Llenn borffor pedeir ael ymdanaw, ac aual rudeur vrth pob ael iti. Can mu oed werth pob aual. Gwerth trichan mu o eur gwerthuawr a oed yn y archenat a’e warthafleu (sangharwy), o benn y glun hyt ym blayn y uys.
[GPC CO2 (3, 76-80)]
10. .i. broga ... hasaib haccrandaib .i. asa dergarimoind[?] ima cosaibh .i. asaite imtecht a tribuis 7 a cuarain ime
Gloss.
[eDIL O'Dav. (1068)]
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
Etymological Evidence:
Speculative, native Celtic words, perhaps from Proto-Celtic *arkenato-. The shortened Welsh form archen only appears from the fifteenth century.
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