rencian
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Searchable Lemmata: rancien (AF), rencian (ME), rancia (L), ranciana (L), rencian (MdE).
Alternate Forms: rancianum, rautia, rautya, rencyan.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Textile;
probably a kind of cloth made in or associated with Rheims in France; however, a possible alternative is an orange-coloured cloth (see etymology); some citations indicate a particular colour of cloth is intended (cf. MED A Mayde Cristes and MED Hwi ne serue).(circa 1200 - 1300)
1. computate ... xxv d. pro burra et v d. pro nigra tela ... ij s. vj d. pro opere materacii et iij s. pro opere culte pungte ... pro c et quadraginta tribus ulnis de rautia ad perpunctum ... pro centum et quadriginta et tribus ulnis rautya ad perpunctum
Accounts.
[DMLBS Cl (109a) 1208]
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Speculative, MED and OED3 suggest from Old French renciien, 'from Rheims' in present-day Champagne-Ardenne. OED3 adds, 'probably as the reflex of an unattested post-classical Latin form *remicianus' [s.v. '† rencian, n.', OED Online, Sept. 2013, OUP, 12 September 2013 <http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/162376?redirectedFrom=rencian>].
However, in its entry for 'rancia', 'ranciana', DMLBS suggests variants represent an 'aphaeretic form of Italian arancia < Ar. < Pers. nāranjī = bitter orange; cf. orenga' [Fasc. XIV, p. 2652].
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