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fimbria

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Searchable Lemmata: fimbria (L), fimbrium (L).
Alternate Forms: fimbra, fimbriae, fimbrias, fimbribus, fimbriis.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) Decoration; fringe, hem or border of a garment, especially the garment of Christ in the Biblical miracle story; occasionally described as manufactured from a second type of thread, possibly gold.(ante 700)
1. Fimbriae vocatae ora vestimentorum, hoc est fines, ex Graeco vocabulum trahunt; Graeci enim terminum ORON vocant [DOE ISID. Etym. (19,24,20)]
2. Fimbrie : fnado ł læppan. [DOE AntGl 4 (Kindschi) (0802 (802))]
3. et ecce mulier quae sanguinis fluxum patiebatur duodecim annis accessit retro et tetigit fimbriam uestimenti eius & heonu wif ðy <ł><ðiu> blodes flouing ł iorning geðolade ł gedrog tuelf uinter ł tuelf ger geneolecde beienda & gehran fas ł wloh wedes his. [DOE MtGl (Li) (0257 (9.20))]
4. et ecce mulier que sanguinis fluxum patiebatur XII annis accessit retro et tetigit fimbriam uestimenti eius & henu wif þætte blodes flownisse þrowade twelf winter geneolicte behyndan & æthran fæss hrægl his. [DOE MtGl (Ru) (0248 (9.20))]
5. et quocumque introibat in uicos ł in uillas aut in ciuitates in plateis ponebant infirmos et depraecabantur eum ut ł fimbriam uestimenti eius tangerent et quotquot tangebant eum salui fiebant & swa huider infoerde in londum ł in mærum ł in ceastrum in plæcum geseton ða untrymigo & gebedon hine þætte ł fasne gewoede his gehrinon & sua oftor gehrinon hine hale gewurdon. [DOE MkGl (Li) (0249 (6.56))]
6. et quocumque introibat in uicos ł et uillos aut ciuitates in plateis ponebant infirmos et depraecabantur eum ut ł fimbriam uestimenti eius tangerent et quotquot tangebant eum salui fiebant & swa hwider infoerde in lond ł in gimæru ł in cæstre in plæsum settun ða untrymigu & gibedun hine þætte ł fæse giwedum his gihrionon & swa oftor gihrionun him hale giwurdun. [DOE MkGl (Ru) (0248 (6.56))]
7. Eall wuldor his dohtor cyninga from innan on fæsum gyldnum omnis gloria eius filiæ regum ab intus in fimbriis aureis. [DOE PsGlB (Brenner) (066300 (44.14))]
8. Omnis gloria eius filie regis ab intus; in fimbriis aureis : ealle wuldur his dohtra þanan innan on fnædum gyldenum. [DOE PsGlH (Campbell) (0666 (44.14))]
9. licia: filturs, efel ... navicule: espoule ... fimbribus: a gerauns Gloss. (citations from individual page of text may not appear in original order) [AND TLL (ii 88) ante 1300]
10. ausus est fimbrias bracani, que longe sunt et fortissime, caude jumenti ligare Other. [DMLBS MAP NC (II 25 f. 33) ante 1210]
11. [37] ... unum doublett' de velvetto glauco ... duos lectos ... coloris glauci et rub' ... [39] ... xxxij aguyllett' cum punctis de cupro ... [43] ... supertunice de worste' rub' guttare cum auro ... unum hernes' de bokeram' albo ... extencellato cum argento ... [44] ... unum doublettum ... habentem circa manicas et *fimbriam unam borduram de panno longo Accounts. (also cf. KR Ac 391/15) [DMLBS Arch. (XXXI 37-44) 1349]
12. si tangis Christi fimbriam / et hydriam Samaritane deseras Ecclesiastic/Regula. (with reference to Matthew 9:20, Mark 6:56, Luke 8:44) [DMLBS P. BLOIS (Contra Clericos 1134A)]
c.f.: fnæd, fringe, gerun, wlo
L; Primarily N/A.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
1b(n.) Decoration; with reference to area, a border, flank, edge; an heraldic bordure.(circa 700)
1. [187] ... portat tres rosas aureas in campo argenteo cum bordura sive fimbria de rubeo ... [189] ... vocantur bendaria barrata quia sunt barrata et duo colores conjunguntur in singulis barris bendatim ... [190] ... portat unam bendam et duas bendulas aureas in campo ... [192] ... crucem ereminalemAlso cf. UPTON 221 (v. fimbriare c). [DMLBS BAD. AUR. (187-192)]
L.
Sex: N/A    Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Late L, from classical L (in the pluarl only). The form fimbrium from late L.
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