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hair-band

, hair + band.
Searchable Lemmata: her (ME), hair-band (MdE).
Alternate Forms: heere bonde, her-bande, her-bende, herebend, here bond, heyreband.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Accessory; a band or fillet to hold hair in place.(circa 1400 still in current use)
1. Discrimiale [read: Discriminale]: an herebend. Lexicon. Cf. idem, 64 b/b: tenes - an here bond. [MED *Medulla ((Stnh A.1.10) 21b/b) ante 1425]
2. 236: Heere bonde: Vitta, crinale, discriminale. Gloss. [MED PParv. ((Hrl 221) 236) 1440]
3. A heyreband [Monson: an Herebande]: trica, Crinale, nexus crinis, Discrimen, Discriminalis. Lexicon. [MED *Cath.Angl. ((Add 15562) 63a) circa 1475]
c.f.: discriminale, vitta
ME, MdE.
Sex: Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, transparent compound of hair + band (qqv.)
WF: Compound
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