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kernus

kernus [MIr. ceithern] , (Ir.) kerne, lightlyarmed foot soldier or retainer. 1331 quod nullus manuteneat nec ducat ~os nec gentes vocatas idelmen nisi in marchiis suis propriis et ad custus eorundem, nec faciat prisas StatIr 328; tertius ordo comprehendit alios etiam pedites, ac levis armaturae machaerophoros: ab Hibernicis karni dicuntur Stanihurst Hib. 42; proverbium est Hibernico sermone celebratum, quoties de rebus deliberatis diffidunt: posterior karnorum consultatio Ib.; militia eorum [Hibernicorum] constat ex equitibus, triariis quos galeglasios appellant, ‥ et †leviores [l. levioris] armaturae peditibus qui karni dicuntur et jaculis amentatis et machaeris dimicant Camd. Br. 791.

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