Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry βnoun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryMeasurement (of cloth) by the ell, specifically, official inspection and measurement of woollen cloth, and attestation of its value by the affixing of a lead seal, as was once required by British law. Β· A duty paid for such measurement.
From Middle English aulnage, from Old French alnage, aulnage (modern French aunage), from alne (βellβ), of Germanic origin: compare Old High German elina, Gothic π°π»π΄πΉπ½π° (aleina, βcubitβ). See ell.
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- Inherited-form mentionaulnageenm
- Derivation mentionalnagefro
- Cognate mentionaunagefr
- Cognate mentionelinagoh
- Cognate mentionπ°π»π΄πΉπ½π°got
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