lussel
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Searchable Lemmata: lussel (AF).
Alternate Forms: luissel, luscel, lusiel, lussiel.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Raw Material;
skein; a hank or quantity of wool.(circa 1250)
Sex: N/A Use: n/a Status: n/a Rank: n/a Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
Etymological Evidence:
Definite, normally derived from a Vulgar Latin type *globuscellum, diminutive of globus (see glomus) 'ball (of thread), quantity of thread'; the parallel form lemoissel < *glomiscellum is known in continental sources. The aphaeresis of the initial g- is hard to explain, but does occur sporadically in French words (cf. Modern French loir 'dormous' < Latin glis, gliris). Alternatively the word is a diminutive form of lice (q.v.; often in Norman and AF luuiz, etc.) 'thread, skein' with different vowel quality.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
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