fasel
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Searchable Lemmata: fasel (ME), faselen (ME), fasel (MdE).
Alternate Forms: fasylle, ffasyl.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(vb.) ;
to unravel or fray; to separate into fibres or strands.(ante 1440 - post 1640 ?)
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
2(n.)
Other;
fringed border, edge or trim. Cf. fas.(circa 1440 ?)
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, the noun is from fas, (Old English fæs), q.v., + diminuative suffix -el; the verbal form is likely secondary to the noun: Cf Modern English feaze 'unravel' (as of a ship's rope, etc.), possibly derived from Middle Dutch vese/veze, itself the cognate of the older English word.
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