anlace
Example Sentences
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Each of these three had a weapon; one a pole-axe, another a long spear, and the third a flail jointed and bound with iron, and an anlace hanging at his girdle.
From The Well at the World's End: a tale by William Morris
And I, said he, will so do that thou mayst fear me the less; for I will unarm me when the night cometh, and thou thyself shalt keep mine hauberk and sword and anlace.
From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by William Morris
Then when he put out his hand to her, he saw a great anlace gleaming in her hand, wherefore he forbore her; and this was but five days ago.
From The Well at the World's End: a tale by William Morris
Full often time he was *knight of the shire* *Member of Parliament* An anlace*, and a gipciere** all of silk, *dagger **purse Hung at his girdle, white as morning milk.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
The old word anlace, dagger, common in Mid.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
