ulna
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Searchable Lemmata: ulna (L).
Alternate Forms: ulnus, alna, ala, ulnata, ulna regia, ulnis.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Law/Custom;
a measure of length; an ell (Latham) or a yard. R. D. Connor notes that the specific length implied by the Latin term 'ulna' must be deduced by context, as it could equal a modern ell (English = 45 inches, Scottish = c37.2 inches, Flemish = 27 inches) or a modern yard (3 feet or 36 inches), Connor, R. D. (1987), 83.(ante 1128 - 1600)
1. cissori regis pro iiijxx ulnis tele emptis ad faciend’ bracer’ de armis S. Georgii pro peditibus regis ... ; eidem pro factura illarum bracer’
Accounts.
[DMLBS KR (Ac 351/9 m. 2) 1284]
3. in iiij fenestris ... v ulnis canabeti canabizandis, pro clavibus [? l. clavis] et correo ad easdem emptis et in opere operarii canabizantis easdem
Accounts.
[DMLBS KR (Ac 238/12) 1323]
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Classical L ulna (forearm; the span of a forearm, in which sense the word is current in English as a medical term for the inner forearm bone.
WF:
Etym Cog: alna, ell.
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