▪ I. alner
variant of almoner2. Obs., a purse.
| c 1460 Launfal 319, I wyll the yeve an alner I-mad of sylk and of gold cler. |
▪ II. † ˈalner, aulner Obs. rare.
[a. OFr. aulnère, aulneor, mod.Fr. auneur (:—L. alenātor) n. of agent f. aulner to measure by the ell: see alnage and -er.]
= alnager.
| 1483 Act 1 Rich. III, viii. §4 Nor make eny persone or persones to be Aulner..but such as be experte in Cloth makyng. [in Pulton 1632: No person..to be Aulneger.] |