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cælis

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Searchable Lemmata: cælis (OE).
Alternate Forms: celis (OE).

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Garment; footwear; possibly a slipper or sock.(ante 1100)
1. Pediles cęlise Gloss. A gloss for circumpedes, found in Sirach 45.10. [DOE OccGl 48 (Schlutter) (0001 (1))]
c.f.: pedilis, calceus
OE; Primarily Gloss.
Sex: Male, Female    Use: Ecclesiastical    Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Speculative, From the Latin calceus.
WF:
Etym Cog: chelisa (OHG), calceus (Lat).
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