alna

1 alna [OF aune < Frk. alina; cf. ulna] , ell. b ell-measure. c1180 pro ‥ vj ~is de blancheto FormA p. xv; 1277 de quadam placea ‥ xxxix ~as ad ~am seu mensuram ville Baione usitatam in latitudine et lx ~as ‥ continente in latitudine RGasc II 29; 1410 de ij towells unius pecie, long’ viij aln’ Test. Ebor. III 45.  b 1283 quicumque tenuerit ‥ falsam mensuram vel falsam ~am ‥, in lx s. puniatur (Stat. bastide, Lib. B) Foed. II 262.

2 alna v. ulna