ANLACE Definition & Meaning

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anlace

[ an-lis ]

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noun

a short sword having a double-edged blade tapering sharply to a point: worn by civilians from the 13th to the 16th centuries.

anlace

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noun

a medieval short dagger with a broad tapering blade

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of anlace¹

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English an(e)las, from Old French ale(s)naz (by metathesis), derivative of alesne “awl,” from Old High German alasna; awl

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of anlace¹

C13: of unknown origin

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Anlace, Anelace, an′lās, n. a short two-edged knife or dagger, tapering to a point, formerly worn at the girdle.

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In 1986 and 1987 the team held a series of meetings with an FBI task force called anlace, which had been set up to try to discover why two KGB officers working for the FBI in Washington had been executed after they returned to Moscow.

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This she did three times, while Osberne gat his anlace bare in his hand.

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The old word anlace, dagger, common in Mid.

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English and revived by Byron and Scott— "His harp in silken scarf was slung, And by his side an anlace hung."

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