linnage
Old Spanish
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editEtymology
editFrom Old Catalan linyatge. Compare modern Spanish linaje < later Catalan llinatge.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlinnage m (plural linnages)
- line, lineage, descendants
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1v:
- e cõprola de effronoteu por .cccc. marcos. de p[lata]. e allẏ la ſoterro. e allẏ ẏa[ze] todo ſo linage.
- And he bought it from Ephron the Hittite for 400 silver shekels, and he buried her there, and his entire lineage lies therein.