lainé
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Searchable Lemmata: lainé (AF).
Alternate Forms: laigné, laignee, laignez, lané, lanee, lanutz, launé, lenet, lenetz, leyne.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(adj.)
Raw Material;
woollen. Often used with substantive to refer to various items, e.g. draps laignez 'woollen cloths', peaux launés 'sheepskins'; occasionally used alone as a substantive.(ante 1300 - post 1400 ?)
Sex: N/A Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Anglo-French / Old French laine 'wool', from Latin lana (q.v.) + adjectival suffix. The forms in -g- are a variant form showing nasalisation (cf. French ligne < Lat. linea).
WF: Derivation
Etym Cog: lanu (AF), laneus (L).
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