alb

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English albe<Old English< Medieval Latin alba< Latin albus, "white".

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alb (plural albs)

  1. A long white robe worn by priests and other ministers at religious ceremonies, underneath most of the other vestments.

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[edit] Middle High German

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Old High German also alb. From Indo-European root *albho- (brilliant, shining white).

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Alb was used through the 13th century.

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alb (plural elbe, plural2 elber)

  1. elf
  2. friendly spirit, ghostly being, genius, or fairy

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alp

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  • Marshall Jones Company (1930). Mythology of All Races Series, Volume 2 Eddic, Great Britain: Marshall Jones Company, 1930, pp. 220.

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From Latin albus.

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alb 4 nom/acc forms

  1. white
  2. (figuratively) clean, pure, immaculate

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alb m. (plural albi)

  1. the color white
  2. white person

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  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter) alv

[edit] Etymology

From Latin albus.

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alb m. (f. alba, m. pl. albs, f. pl. albas)

  1. (Vallader) white

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  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) nair
  • (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) ner
  • (Surmiran) neir
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