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Searchable Lemmata: lina (L), linea (L), lín (OE), lin (AF), linge (AF), llin (W), llin (Ir), lieen (Mx), lyn, lin (ME), line (MdE).
Alternate Forms: lein, léine, lene, lin, lín, line, lineis, lineum, ling, linge, lini, linie, linne, linum, linus, llin, llyn, lyn, lyne, lyng, lynge, lynne.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

NOTE(n.) Other; L linea, from whence AF lin, linge, cognate with OE lín, ME lin, MdE line, etc. carried wide range of meanings across the various languages, including flax or parts of the flax plant (linseed, etc.), linen cloth or garments made from linen, and lines of various senses: the geometric shape, a boundary line or similar, a row or strip, a file or rank, lineage, series, etc. Senses relating to cloth and clothing are detailed below.
; Primarily N/A.
Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
1(n.) Raw Material; in general, the flax plant; in textile contexts, flax-fibres, threads made from these. (Also linseed, linseed oil). Also appears in placenames (Linton, Linham, Linacher, etc.; some instances may be associated with the production of flax or linen - cf. following senses).(circa 1000 - circa 1500)
1. linea, waebtaeg Lexicon. linen thread [DMLBS GlC (L 248) 700/799]
2. [4.2431] ... Jadahel ... Ferst made Net and fisshes tok ... A tente of cloth with corde and stake He sette up ferst and dede it make ... [4.2437] ... The craft Minerve of wolle fond And made cloth ... And Delbora made it of lyn [MED Gower CA ((Frf 3) 4.2431-7) ante 1393]
3. lyn e chaumwre enracerent e les enporterent Legal. [AND YBB Ed I (7) 1272/1307]
4. This peple [the Irish] ... not vsenge theire lyfe in makenge of clothe of wolle, other elles of lyne or flex(dating uncertain; work: a1425?) [MED Higd.(2) ((Hrl 2261) 1.355) ante 1500]
5. Leath do mnai a etuch no a lamthorud snithiu, trian a cirthu adblam, lethtrian a-lloaib & a scuapaib lin; trian a cruib glaisne, leth mad coitethe. [LexP Cáin Lánamna (Thurneysen) (sec. 15)]
6. lin : linum [LexP Corn Vocab (Norris) (396 (828))]
AF, Co, Ir, L, Mx, ME, OE, OScots, SG, W; Primarily N/A.
Sex: Male, Female    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
2a1(n.) Textile; fabric made from flax fibres; linen cloth or a piece of linen cloth; a linen garment.(circa 800 - post 1450)
1. tunica et linea stricta, id est camisia, totum corpus operiunt Other. linen garment [DMLBS BEDE (Tab. 466b) ante 729]
2. Manitergium : lin [DOE CorpGl 2 (Hessels) (4818 (11.19))]
3. arundinem quassatam non confringet et linum fumigans non extinguet donec eiciat ad uictoriam in iudicium : hread þæt wagende ne tobreceþ & flæx ł lin smikende ne adwæscet oþ þæt ut asendeþ to sigor in dome. [DOE MtGl (Ru) (0358 (12.20))]
4. surgit a cena et ponit uestimenta sua et cum accipisset linteum praecincxit se : aras from ðær feorme & sette giwedo his & miððy onfeng ðæt lin ymbgyrde hine. [DOE JnGl (Ru) (0589 (13.4))]
5. [1610] ... Coveitor de martre ne de ermin engulé ... [1621] ... n’orent coiltes de lin ne de paile roé [AND GUISCH (1610-1621) circa 1100/1200]
6. llyn guedy medy neu ... eghart heb vedy [GPC LlDW (114. 5-6) circa 1200]
7. capite more Walensico tenui pallio et virgeis ac variis lineis discolorato desuper cohoperto Ecclesiastic/Regula. linen garments [DMLBS GIR. (SD 8) ante 1223]
8. His wiues shule ben hol and newe ... Ðe meshakele of medeme fustane, and hire mentel grene oðer burnet ... His alter cloð great and sole, and hire chemise smal and hwit ... þe haued line sward, and hire winpel wit(work: a1200?; citations from individual page of text may not appear in original order) [MED Trin.Hom. ((Trin-C B.14.52) 163) ante 1225]
9. un vestement qu’ot num baldin, E ço est vestement de lin [AND Lapid (201.14) 1100/1300]
10. lene sive linee due, quas sc. sudaria seu pannos rasure vocamus Ecclesiastic/Regula. [DMLBS Cust. Cant. (401) circa 1330/1340]
11. syndal. a sidan ... llinListing linen along with sendal and silk. [eDIL RC (xxxiii 216) circa 1350]
12. For to couer vs & clethe vs, als lyne and wolle and lethire Biblical/Hagiographic. (work: c1350?) [MED Mirror St.Edm.(4) ((Thrn) 22/20) circa 1440]
13. Deugwfl llaes, da goflau llin / Drostyn fal brodyr Awstin. [GPC GGl (195) circa 1445/1475]
14. Daniel see the ixthe vision, of a man clothede in clothes of lyne [L de viro vestito lineis] Historic. (dating uncertain; work: a1425?) [MED Higd.(2) ((Hrl 2261) 3.135) ante 1475]
15. Llin merch oreuserch rasawl [i wallt merch].Describing a beautiful girl with flaxen hair. [GPC GDG (199)]
16. ha gans toval a lyn gulan'and with a towel of clean linen'. Referring to the cloth used by Jesus when washing the apostles' feet at the Last Supper. [LexP Passio XPI (Norris) (836)]
AF, Ir, L, Mx, ME, MdE, OE, OScots; Primarily N/A.
Sex: N/A    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
2a2(n.) Textile; specifically, cloth wrapped about Christ's body at the Crucifixion (see also linen)(ante 1100)
1. Ioseph autem mercatus est sindonem et deponens eum inuoluit sindone et possuit eum in monumento quod erat excisum de petra et aduoluit lapidem ad hostium monumenti wutudlice brohte lin & ofdyde hine biwand in line & sette hine in byrgenne ðæt wæs giheowen of stane & awælte ðone stan to ðær dura ðær byrgenne. [DOE MkGl (Ru) (0657 (15.46))]
OE; Primarily Biblical/Hagiographic.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
3(n.) Other; various linen implements or similar: a rope or line (e.g. for fishing) made from flax fibres; a net, (later) nets made from fibres other than flax. Also (in medical uses), lint made from scraping linen cloth.(circa 1280 - circa 1425)
1. pro parvis lineis ... emptis pro muris mensurandis et lineandis Accounts. cord, rope [DMLBS KR (Ac 485/28 m. 3) 1286]
2. [182a/a] ... Þe fifte fourme is þe oynement of lyne [L vnguentum de lino] þat Avicen apropreþ to sowde ... Take of þe schauynge of clene lynen cloþe half a partie, [etc.]. ... [187b/a] ... Greyne with þe whiche cloþe is coloured is dryeng, wiþ oute fretyng ... [189b/b] ... In distillynge, take þe water wiþ a þre-cornered pece of a filtre [*Ch.(1): felte] or with a sachel. Medical. (dating uncertain) lint used in ointment [MED *Chauliac(2) ((Paris angl.25) 182a/a-189b/b) ante 1425]
L, ME; Primarily N/A.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Speculative, A complex of words with interrelated histories: the Germanic and Celtic languages appear to have inherited a word for 'flax' derived from IE *lineo (cognate with L. līnum); the French word is derived from the Latin. Modern dialect form 'lin' is apparently a back-formation (c.f linseed, lincloth, etc.).
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