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limbus

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Searchable Lemmata: limbus (L).
Alternate Forms: limbos, limbis, limbus, limpis, lumbus, lembus, lymbus.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Decoration; edge; border; boundary. In cloth and clothing contexts, a border; hem; fringe; ribbon (typically ornamental). Also, heraldic bordure.(ante 1100 - post 1590)
1. Limbus : stemning ł hem. [DOE AntGl 2 (Kindschi) (0772 (769))]
2. lembum : listan uel thres. [DOE EpGl (Pheifer) (0444 (444))]
3. lymbus : stefnincg. [DOE PrudGl 4.2 (Page) (0030 (30))]
4. Vitta dicta quod ea pectus vincitur instar vitis ligantis. Limbus est quam nos ornaturam dicimus. [DOE ISID. Etym. (19,33,7)]
5. [42] ... Boydekyn [Win: Boydkyne] or bodekyn: Subucula, perforatorium. ... Bochchare [Win: bogghar] or vn-crafty: Iners ... [43] ... Bonet of a seyle: Artemo, sirapum, ... [44] ... Bordure [Win: Bordyre; KC: bordore] abowte a thynge: Limbus, orarium [Win: lumbus, Ortatorium] ... [45] ... Botew: Coturnus, botula, crepita ... [56] ... Burle of clothe: Tumentum Gloss. (citations from individual page of text may not appear in original order) [MED PParv. ((Hrl 221) 42-56) circa 1440]
6. dalmatie [sic] fines extremos limbus deauratus ... circumluit ... [dalmatica] ita est volubilis ac replicalibis, at tamen pro spissitudine sua, sine alicujus adjutorio, iterum ad rigorum pristinum per se reductibilis Biblical/Hagiographic. [DMLBS R. COLD. (Cuthb. 42 p. 87) ante 1173]
7. in manutergiis, corinphis, limpis, capellis de pilo, capellis de feutro ... Accounts, Legal. [DMLBS Cl (143b) 1214]
8. hic lumbus, a burdyre Gloss. [DMLBS WW (lumbus) 1400/1499]
9. hic limbus, A. a rebant Gloss. [DMLBS WW (limbus) 1400/1499]
10. orarium dicitur limbus qui apponitur ore, id est, margini et extremitati alicujus vestimenti, causa ornatus Other. (heraldic bordure) [DMLBS SPELMAN (Asp. 106) circa 1596]
c.f.: stefning, þræs
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Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
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    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical L.
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