< University of Manchester, Lexis of Cloth & Clothing Project, Search Result For: 'afiçail'
| Skip to main content | Skip to navigation | Skip to Search |

[University home]

The Lexis of Cloth and Clothing Project
    Expand All     Collapse All     Print Page

afiçail

.
Searchable Lemmata: afiçail (AF).
Alternate Forms: afiçal, affiçail, efiçail, effiçail.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) Jewellery; brooch or pin. Cf. AF fiçail (L ficale). Also, hairpin [TLL, ii 111].(circa 1150 - circa 1300)
1. [2647] ... Ses dras de seie pleie e ovre ... [2680] ... Un afiçail ovré d’or fin Arthurian, Poetic, Romance. [AND Trist ((D) 2647- 2680) circa 1150/1200]
2. [132] ... spinter: affiçayl (vars. fiçayl, pin) ... [133] ... albos: blankeis ... blodios: de blu, bluis ... burneticos: burnet ... camelinos: de camelot, de camelin ... stanfordeos: estaunfordeis, de Estaford (l. Estanford) ... [134] ... cappa: cappe, copele ... [135] ... brachiola: bracerole, braceroles, bracerolis, brassenoles Gloss. [AND TLL (ii 132-135) ante 1300]
3. spinter: broche vel efficail Gloss. [AND TLL (ii 87) ante 1300]
4. [150] ... spinter: broche vel efiçailc ... [151] ... cuculli: cuulet ... [152] ... girgillum: devudores Gloss. [AND TLL (ii 150-152) ante 1300]
5. acus: agulz ... instita: cheinse ... corrolla: coife de quir ... spinter: afiçal, erpin ... monile: affermail, noche ... filarium: filer, fusyl Gloss. [AND TLL (ii 111) ante 1300]
AF.
Sex: N/A    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Derivation of OF/AF afiche (see aficha) 'that which is affixed, that which affixes or fastens' with substantival suffix, < the verb (af)ficher, < vulgar Latin *figicare/ficcare, derived from earlier (af)figere 'to fix, attach'. Cf. affixmalium.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog: fiçail (AF), ficale (L).
References:
Skip to main content Skip to navigation