lana
.
Searchable Lemmata: lana (L), lanum (L), laine (AF), lange (AF), launge (AF).
Alternate Forms: lain, lane, lein, leine, lyne.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1a(n.)
Raw Material;
sheep's wool; raw wool; a fleece; a textile or garment woven of wool.(ante 700 - circa 1400)
1. Lana a laniando, id est a vellendo, vocata: hinc et vellus dictum, quod prius lanae vellerentur, non tonderentur. Linum ex terra oritur, deflexumque nomen eius a Graeco; nam linum Graeci LINARION dicunt; sive quod sit molle et lene.
[DOE ISID. Etym. (19,27,1)]
5. de qualibet librata coriorum ... ac eciam pylfell' [et pannorum] laneorum ac falingarum ... , sex denarios
Legal.
[DMLBS StatIr (I 478) 1380]
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
1b(n.)
Raw Material;
fleecy substance (other than sheep's wool) ; goat hair, also silk, flax or cotton, mould, etc.(circa 800)
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
2(adj.) ;
woollen
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
3(adj.) ;
in the expression 'en langes' ('in rags').
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
4(n.)
Law/Custom;
yield of wool.(circa 1290)
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
5(n.)
Law/Custom;
tax on wool.(circa 1343)
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
6(n.)
Raw Material;
used figuratively for comparison.
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Classical Latin.
WF:
Etym Cog:
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