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lumbar

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Searchable Lemmata: lumbar (L), lumbo (L).
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    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Accessory; breech-girdle; belt or similar band. The form 'lumbo' (lumbones) appears in Osborn of Gloucester's writings (fl. 1150-1175).(circa 700 - ante 1300)
1. Lumbare vocatur quod lumbis religetur, vel quod lumbis haereat. Hoc in Aegypto et Syria non tantum feminae sed et viri utuntur. Vnde et Ieremias trans Euphraten tulit lumbare suum, ibique illud in foramine petrae abscondit, et postea scissum repperit. Hoc a quibusdam et renale dicitur, quia [in] renibus alligatur. [DOE ISID. Etym. (19,22,25)]
2. Lumbare gyrdel ł brec [DOE ClGl 1 (Stryker) (3567 (3592))]
3. lumbare bracas. [DOE CollGl 67 (Meritt) (000400 (4))]
4. lumbones, cingula circa lumbos, que et lumbaria dicuntur et tenasia Gloss. [DMLBS OSB. GLOUC. (Deriv. 324) circa 1150/1175]
5. hoc braccale, renale, lumbare idem sunt: breis, gurdel Gloss. [AND TLL (ii 28) ante 1300]
6. [3.77] ... Þis was þe firste kyng of Romayns þat vsede purpur ... and branderers and reueres [vr. brouders and revers; L fascibus, ?misread as: fasciis] ... [3.85] ... Þis Ieremyas sigh his brigirdel [vr. brygurdel; Higd.(2): braygirdle; L lumbare] yrotet bysides þe ryuer Eufrates Heroic, Romance. [MED Trev.Higd. ((StJ-C H.1) 3.77-85) ante 1387]
c.f.: breechgirdle, girdle, renale, lumbatorium
L; Primarily Gloss.
Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
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Definite, Classical L.
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