ló
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Searchable Lemmata: ló (Ir).
Alternate Forms: lai, llái, lloaib, llóe, loa, loae, lóchorchra, loe, loi.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1a(n.)
Raw Material;
a lock or tuft of wool (or other animal hair); a single piece of hair. Often difficult to distinguish from sense 1b below.(post 800 - post 1200 ?)
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
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1b(n.)
Raw Material;
a fleece, or the fur of another animal as a collective quantity.(post 900 - post 1200 ?)
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
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2(n.)
Garment;
cloak or garment of fleece; also used for garments woven from spun wool, sometimes referred to as dyed (as for example in the compound lóchorcra 'purple-fleeced, purple-woollen'.(post 900 - post 1200 ?)
2. Ocht n-eich donna dleagar dó, ocht mbruit chorcra bus caem-ló, ocht scéith, ocht claidim, ocht cuirn, ocht mogaid diana deag-duirn.
[eDIL BR2 (82 (14)) 1050/1150]
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
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3(n.)
Textile;
a pile or nap of woollen cloth.(ante 1200 ?)
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
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Etymological Evidence:
Definite, borrowed from Old Norse ló 'tuft, flock of hair', from a root seen also in Old Icelandic loð 'hairy, shaggy'; sense 2 may be influenced by ON loði 'fleece/hair garment' and cf. Old English loþa (see entry at lodix).
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
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