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Middle English
Noun
lendes
- plural of lende
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Myllers Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Matheu 3:4, page 2r, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:and þis ioon hadde cloþyng of camelis heeris .· ⁊ a girdil of ſkyn aboute his leendis / and his meete was honyſoukes ⁊ hony of þe wode- And this John wore camel-hair clothes and a leather belt around his waist; his food was locusts and wild honey.