Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 6 lenarde, 7 lenaret, 9 dial. len(n)ard, lennert, linnard, etc. (see Eng. Dial. Dict.). [Of obscure origin; perh. adopted from some unrecorded OF. derivative of lin flax; cf. the OF. linereul and linot, linnet.] = LINNET.
1530. Palsgr., 238/2. Lenarde a byrde, linette.
1615. Brathwait, Strappado (1878), 87. When the cheerful Robin, Larke, and Lenaret, Tun’de vp their voices.
