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renale

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Searchable Lemmata: renalis (L), renale (AN).
Alternate Forms: renale.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) Accessory; garment worn about or near the middle of the body or loins; girdle or breeches; purse worn at the belt or as a belt.(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 ł renale lendensid reaf. [DOE AntGl 4 (Kindschi) (079300 (793))]
3. hoc braccale, renale, lumbare idem sunt: breis, gurdel Gloss. [AND TLL (ii 28) ante 1300]
c.f.: girdle, pauncher, lumbarium
AF, L; Primarily Gloss.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Leg, Waist.
1b(n.) Garment; glossing 'courtepy'; some kind of short coat (perhaps reaching to the waist or loins).(circa 1475)
1. A Couerlett: lectisternium, coopertorium, tegimen, textus, tegimentum, velamen ... A Cowrtby: renale, hemitogium Gloss. (dating uncertain) [MED *Cath.Angl. ((Add 15562) 28b - 29a) circa 1475]
c.f.: courtepy, hemitogium
L; Primarily Gloss.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: Uncertain    Rank: Uncertain    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Back, Chest, Neck, Shoulder(s).

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Ultimately from the post-Classical L adj. renalis (of or pertaining to the kidneys/loins), used as a substantive.
WF: Derivation
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