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ependytes

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Searchable Lemmata: ependytes.
Alternate Forms: ependeten, ependiten.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Garment; overgarment.(ante 700 - ante 1100)
1. Ependeten : cop ł hoppada ł ufrescrud. [DOE AntGl 6 (Kindschi) (0714 (714))]
2. Ependiten : hacele [DOE ClGl 1 (Stryker) (2230 (2254))]
c.f.: hackle, hoppada, ufrescrud
L.
Sex: Male    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Late Latin from Greek έπενδύτης 'outer garment, covering'. In the Greek New Testament, an outer tunic or fisherman's coat. In Late Antiquity, often referring to a mantle of skins or similar, particularly associated with hermits and other ascetics.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
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