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lane

  • noun [ feminine ]
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lane, an; f.
A lane, a narrow and bounded path, a street in a town
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  • Hit cymeþ on ægles lonan: ondlang ðære lonan ðæt hit cymeþ eft in ða burnan,

    • Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iii. 33, 7
    • .
  • On ða ealdan lanan,

    • 456, 3
    • .
  • Ðínne líchoman geond ðisse ceastre lanan hié tóstenceaþ

    thy body shall they scatter through the streets of this city,

    • Blickl. Homl. 237, 5
    • :
    • 241, 21, 25
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Frs. lona, lana.
]
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v. norþ-lane.
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