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crepundium

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Searchable Lemmata: crepundium (L).
Alternate Forms: crepundia, crepundiorum.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Jewellery; amulet; necklace or ornament, perhaps suitable for a child.(circa 1000)
1. crepundiorum : <sweorbeaga>. [DOE AldV 3.3 (Page) (0087 (87))]
2. GENERIS NEVTRI: arma : wæpnu, <moenia> : weallas, crepundia : swurbeagas, cunabula : cildcradulas, spolia : herereaf, exta : þearmas, extales : bæcðearmas, serta : cynehelmas, pascua : læsa, sponsalia : brydgyfu, praecordia : forebreost [DOE ÆGram (0560 (85.8))]
3. Crepundium .i. monile gutturis myne ornamentum cunabulum cespis. [DOE HlGl (Oliphant) (166900 2046))]
4. Crepundia .i. insignia indicia cunabula frætwunga. [DOE HlGl (Oliphant) (1670 (C2047))]
5. crepundia collo gemmiferis lunulis pendentia [DMLBS ALDH. (VirgP 52) ante 709]
L.
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Chest, Neck.
2(n.) ; child's clothing (also, a cradle or other emblem of infancy).(circa 1000)
1. Cunabulum cradel.Cf. other meanings: (origin.) a rattle; cradle song or lullaby; (pl.) the pains of childbirth [DOE AntGl 2 (Kindschi) (0744 (741))]
c.f.: cildclaþas
L, OE.
Sex: Infant    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical Latin crepundium 'a rattle', especially 'a child's rattle' (and hence things associated with infants in general); the word was also used, less commonly, to refer to amulets or similar pieces of jewellery.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog:
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