swæpels
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Searchable Lemmata: swæpels (OE).
Alternate Forms: swæpelsan.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1a(n.)
Garment;
wrapping garment. In Old English glosses, equated with an amiculum (a kind of short cloak) or an amictus (a wrap for the shoulders).(ante 1100)
Sex: Male, Female Ceremonial: No
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Etymological Evidence:
Definite, noun derived from the root of swapan (see beswape) 'envelop, wrap' + nominal instrumen suffix -el(s). Compare the later English word swipple (q.v.), which is formed in a similar fashion but has very different meaning; it is possible that swipple is the continuation of this word.
WF: Derivation
Etym Cog: sveipa.
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