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eaxlclaþ

, eaxl + claþ.
Searchable Lemmata: eaxlclaþ (OE).
Alternate Forms: eaxclað. Unique.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Garment; rendering Latin humerale, a Jewish priestly garment. Found in an Old English translation of Leviticus.(ante 1100)
1. & scrydde ðone bisceop mid linenum reafe & gyrde hine & dyde ymbe hine blæhæwene tunecan & lede eaxclað ofer hine.rendering Vulgate: vestivit pontificem subucula linea accingens eum balteo et induens tunica hyacinthina et desuper umerale inposuit [DOE Lev (0057 (8.7))]
c.f.: espauler, humeral
OE; Primarily Biblical/Hagiographic.
Sex: Male    Use: Ecclesiastical    Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, eaxl 'shoulder' + claþ 'cloth, garment', a semi-calque of Latin humerale '(garment) pertaining to the shoulders'.
WF: Compound
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