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earpreon

, eare + preon.
Searchable Lemmata: earpreon (OE).
Alternate Forms: earpreonas.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Jewellery; earring.(ante 1100)
1. inauris earpreon Gloss. [DOE ÆGl (0344 (303.17))]
2. Inaures earpreonas ł earhringas. Gloss. Based on Isidore's Etymologiae, see inauris. [DOE AntGl 2 (Kindschi) (0118 (118))]
c.f.: inauris
OE.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Head.
2(n.) Other; ornamentation for the hair. Perhaps an erroneous use for the term based on the Isidorean gloss; or possibly an extended usage referring to a way in which hair was fastened behind or above the ears; or if a decorative hairpin, its placement.(ante 1100)
1. discriminalia cæfinga earpreonas. Gloss. [DOE AldV 1 (Goossens) (4694 (4701))]
2. discriminalia earpreonas, cæfinga. Gloss. [DOE AldV 13.1 (Nap) (4821 (4821))]
OE.
Sex: Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Head.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, ear + preon (see preen) 'pin, fastener'.
WF: Compound
Etym Cog:
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