pin2 (s.xiii1)
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pin2 (s.xiii1)

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[ gdw]

  FEW:  spina 12,181a Gdf:  pine 2 6,165b GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF:  pine 2  TLF: ∅ OED:  pin n.1  MED:  pin n.  DMLBS:  pinna 2285c
pinne; 
pl. pinnis  

While possibly an aphetic form of espine (cf. DMF and FEW), the word in Anglo-Norman is more likely to be a borrowing from English (Old English pin), which itself is believed to derive from Classical Latin pinna ('feather', see penne1).

s.

1peg, pin, fastener: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  elevatur stiva ab obliquando qua regitur aratrum cui capulus (gloss: pin, kivil) infigatur  i 187.161 and ii 104.161
( 1377-82 )  .ij. grantz pinnes de feer  E101/547/21/7
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  cavilla (glosses: (L) pin) (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) chevil) axi firmiter sit intrusa  i 185.156 and ii 74.156
♦cosmet.hairpin: 
( MS: s.xiii )  spinter: (L) pin (var. (C: s.xiiiex) affiçayl;  (D*: s.xiii/xiv) fiçayl )  ii 132.38
2footwearleather patch or laminate that is attached to the vamp of the shoe for custom fitting: 
( MS: s.xiii ) Pictaciarii viles sunt qui consuunt sotulares veteres renovando pictacia et intercutia, soleas et inpedias gloss: (L) vampes, les pinnes (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) empenes;  (D*: s.xiii/xiv) enpeyns, wanpeys )  i 197.24 and ii 129.24
espinel#1  pinun  pinner  pinnercraft  pinnere#1  pynnynge  sclatpin  steyepin 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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