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fil de or

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Searchable Lemmata: fil de or (AF).
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    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Raw Material; gold thread.(1200 - post 1300)
1. filum argenteum: fill de or ... aurifaber: horfevere ... superpellicium : surplis, capitecium : amice, alba : aube, singulam : senture, zona : senture, balteus : senture, phanum : fanun, stola : stole, casula : chesible ... Gloss. (citations from individual page of text may not appear in original order) [AND TLL (ii 106) circa 1275]
c.f.: filum argenteum, gold thread
AF.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: High    Rank: High    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, AF fil (L filum) + de + or (gold).
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