Unknown. First attested inIsidore of Seville,Etymologiae, 19.29.2 (early 7th century).
alabrum n (genitivealabrī);second declension(Late Latin)
- Areel,spool.
Second-declension noun (neuter).
- "alabrum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- alabrum inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “alabrum”, inDictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources[1], London:Oxford University Press for theBritish Academy,→ISBN,→OCLC
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “alabrum”, inMediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus,Leiden,Boston:E. J. Brill, page32