jan 1, 1539 - lamber

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An alternative of amber, via the French <i>l’ambre </i>. Chiefly a northern word (OED), found no later than the sixteenth century: 1317 ‘for stealing ... a set of amber beads (<i>de Laumbre </i>) worth 6d’, Alverthorpe (YRS78/187); 1389 <i>j payr bedys of lawmbyr </i>, York (SS4/129); 1401 <i>lego j par de lawmberbedes </i>, York (SS4/280); 1429 <i>his best girdell harnest, with a pare of lambre bedes </i>, Tickhill (SS4/417); 1498 <i>iij paire of laumbre bedez, price xijd </i>, Wakefield (YAJ15/93); 1539 <i>to Jennet my daughter a pare of lawmer bedes </i>, Leeds (Th19/8).

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