linnage

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

lignage, linnaie, linnaje, lynnage

Etymology

From Old Catalan linyatge. Compare modern Spanish linaje < later Catalan llinatge.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /liˈɲaʒe/

Noun

linnage 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.

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