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lacinia

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Searchable Lemmata: lacinia (L).
Alternate Forms: laciniam, laciniis, lacinias, lascinia.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Accessory; edge, border or hem of a garment. Also (glossed in Promp. Parv.): skirt.(ante 1300 - post 1560 ?)
1. vestimentorum ejus laciniam [canes] invadendo corroserant Biblical/Hagiographic. [DMLBS R. COLD. (Cuthb. 17 p. 32) ante 1173]
2. habeat ... tunicam manubiis et birris, laciniis munitam Gloss. [DMLBS NECKAM (Ut. 98c) ante 1217]
3. ministro laciniam casule sustenante Ecclesiastic/Regula. [DMLBS Lib. Evesham (8) circa 1282/1316]
4. [449] ... Skyrt [Win: Scyrt]: Lacinia ... [451] ... Scut, garment: Nepticula. Gloss. [MED PParv. ((Hrl 221) 449-451) 1440]
5. Wayne [Win: Wayn; KC: wayyn], or [read: of] a garlement: Lacinia Walette, seek, or poke: Sistarcia, vel sistercia. Gloss. [MED PParv. ((Hrl 221) 513-514) 1440]
6. caligas confici praecipimus, ut neque scissura, neque pinctura, neque lacinia ... ornatus causa ... in eis reperiantur Other. [DMLBS StatOx (386) 1565]
c.f.: fnæd, wain, skirt
L; Primarily Gloss.
Sex: N/A    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
2(n.) Other; strip of cloth.(ante 1100 - 1500)
1. hanc ... donationem cum duabus crucibus aureis et duabus laciniis pallii sui pretioso opere auri et gemmarum contextis ... ecclesie Eliensis investivit Accounts. [DMLBS Lib. Eli. (II 62 p. 135)]
2. lacinia, A. a gore Gloss. [DMLBS WW (lacinia) 1400/1499]
c.f.: gore
L.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical L.
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