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subsellium

, sub + sella.
Searchable Lemmata: subsellium (L), suzsele (AF).
Alternate Forms: sorcés, souscel, souscele, subsellum, subsella, subcellium, subsellia, sucel, sucele, sursel, suscele, susseus.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Accessory; saddle cloth or pad.(ante 1150 - ante 1350)
1. El secle n'out plus riche sele, Deske a terre pent la suzsele Romance. [AND Ipom BFR (7950) circa 1180]
2. subcellium: panel Gloss. [AND Gloss Utensilium (155) ante 1300]
3. hec sudaria: suscele Gloss. Cf. sudary, sense 2. [AND Gloss Glas ((3) 159)]
4. hoc subsellium: sucel Gloss. [AND TLL (i 425.400) ante 1300]
c.f.: panel
L; Primarily Gloss.
Sex: Male, Female    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical Latin, sub 'under' + sella 'saddle', i.e. 'that which goes under the saddle'. The French is a direct continuation of the Latin; forms with sur-, sor- are due to reinterpretation of the first element.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
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