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aune

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Searchable Lemmata: aune (AF), alna (L).
Alternate Forms: aun, aunne, augne, alne, aln, aungne, ulne, alno, *ala, ulnata, alnz, anz, augnes.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Law/Custom; an ell (from Old French aune), measure of length. Cf. ell and ulna.(ante 1150 - 1300 ?)
1. vous en irez a mon mercer et vous achaterez de luy dis aulnes ... de drap d'or ... trent aulnes de blanc fustian ... des pourpoins, cotes, surcotes ... vous en taillerez(citations from text may not appear in original order). For specific measures see ell. [AND Man lang (48) 1396]
2. ulna: aune Gloss. [AND TLL (i 133) ante 1300]
3. pro ... vj alnis de blancheto Legal, Wills. [DMLBS FormA (p. xv) circa 1180]
4. quicumque tenuerit ... falsam mensuram vel falsam alnam ... , in lx s. puniatur(Stat. bastide, Lib. B) [DMLBS Foed. (II 262) 1238]
c.f.: ell, ulna
AF, L.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, From Old French aune, from Frankish alina. Compare L ulna and modern English ell.
WF:
Etym Cog: ell, aune.
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