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gremium

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Searchable Lemmata: gremium (L).
Alternate Forms: gremio, gremum.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Accessory; genearally referring to the bosom or lap, used to refer to an apron. Cf. AF gerun.(ante 735 - post 1400 ?)
1. quasi collectum gremio semen [DMLBS BEDE (Prov. 988) ante 735]
2. seram dentatam: lime denté, sawe / limam: file/ filum argenteum: fil de argent / cophini: hanepers / ciphi: hanaps / consui: estre cusu ... gremio: gerun(citations from individual page of text may not appear in original order). [AND TLL (ii 117) ante 1300]
3. peritus esse debet ... tam in opera fusili quam in opera anaglafario ... in gemio coriali [gl.: geron de quir] Gloss. (citations from individual page of text may not appear in original order) [DMLBS NECKAM (Ut. 118)]
4. [287] ... Lappe, skyrte: Gremium ... [291] ... Lee of threde: Ligatura. Gloss. [MED PParv. ((Hrl 221) 287-291) 1440]
c.f.: gerun, gremalis, skirt
L; Body Part.
Sex: Male, Female    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Leg, Waist.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical Latin (bosom, lap, etc.).
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog:
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