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haubergelle

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Searchable Lemmata: haubergelle (AF), osbergol (AF), haubergellus (L).
Alternate Forms: aubergellus, haberjolis, halbergello, haubergillis, hauberiellum.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) Armour; habergeon or hauberk; (perhaps) a smaller, sleeveless coat of mail worn under the hauberk (cf. citation 5 below). See also haubergettus.(ante 1170 - 1300)
1. pro halberjolis ad opus regis, xxiiij s. et ix d. Accounts. [DMLBS Pipe (53) 1165]
2. pro j lorica et ij haubergillis Accounts. [DMLBS Pipe (155) 1185]
3. Andui unt osbergols vestu Heroic, Romance. [AND Proth ANTS (1882) circa 1185]
4. r.c. de xl m. ... pro halbergello quod uxor sua cepit in vadio Accounts. [DMLBS Pipe (78) 1186]
5. Item lego Iohanni filio meo primogenito haubercum meum et hauberiell(um) cum basina Wills. [LexP Will of Henry of Helhoughton (106) 1274]
AF, L.
Sex: Male    Use: Military    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Back, Chest.
1b(n.) Armour; ... used with reference to serjeanty (no attestations provided; cf. DMLBS).(1212 - post 1245)
L.
Sex: Male    Use: Military    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Old French / Anglo-French; as with habergeon and haubergettus (q.q.v.), this a diminutive of hauberk (q.v.) using an alternative reductive suffix (-el(le) < Latin -ellus, -ella).
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog: hauberjeul (OF).
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