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glomus

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Searchable Lemmata: glomus (L), glomen (L).
Alternate Forms: glomer, glomere.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Raw Material; round mass or ball; in specific uses: a ball of thread. Also used figuratively.(ante 709 - 1175)
1. Glomer globellum cleowen. Gloss. [DOE AntGl 6 (Kindschi) (0698 (698))]
2. cum lanea filorum stamina ex glomere et panuculis revoluta neglegenter vilescunt [DMLBS ALDH. (VirgP 9) ante 709]
3. dicimus hoc glomen ... et hoc glomer, ambo pro filorum cumulo Gloss. [DMLBS OSB. GLOUC. (Deriv. 255) circa 1150/1175]
4. glomer et glomus, filorum cumulus, inde glomellum, i. parvus glomus Gloss. [DMLBS OSB. GLOUC. (Deriv. 262) circa 1150/1175]
c.f.: glomeratio, clew
L.
Sex: N/A    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
2(n.) Raw Material; thread; also, a wick?(circa 1220)
1. [chlamys] instita candet / longa, peregrinum quasi dedignata colorem, / tam levibus contexta glomis [v. l. globis] ut aranea credi / possit, tam tenuis ... / innumerisque plicis tenere crispata superbit Biblical/Hagiographic, Poetic. [DMLBS H. AVR. (Hugh 214) circa 1220]
c.f.: glomeratio
L.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical L; the form glomus, glomi (masculine) is first recorded in Late Latin, and the form glomer, glomeris in medieval L.
WF:
Etym Cog: glomen (L), glomeratio (L).
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