distaff
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Searchable Lemmata: distæf (OE).
Alternate Forms: distæfas.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1a(n.)
Manufacture;
in spinning, the stick which holds the bunch of flax or wool which is to be spun.(ante 1100 still in current use)
1. Syndon eac sume naman, þe synd ægðer ge ðissere declinunge ge ðære feorðan: haec quercus þeos ac; laurus laurbeam; pinus pintreow; ficus fictreow; haec domus þis hus; colus distæf.
[DOE ÆGram (0220 (21.19))]
Sex: Female Ceremonial: No
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References:
Art and Illustration:
Lutrell Psalter. add folio. Humerous images of woman hitting her husband with distaff. In the Luttrell Psalter and misericords
