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pæll

  • noun [ masculine ]
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pæll, pellt, es ; m.
a pall, covering, cloak, costly robe
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  • Pæl (pell) pallium, mid pælle (pelle) gescrýd

    palliatus,

      Ælfc. Gl. Zup. 257, 3-4.
  • Pæl pallium, Blickl. Gl. Weofod mid reádum pælle gescrýd (

    the altar was in the church dedicated to St. Michael.

    v. next passage),
      Homl. Th. i. 508, 16.
  • Mid háligdóme of ðæs Hǽlendes róde and of Marian reáfe and of Michaheles pelle,

      Homl. Skt. i. 6, 73.
  • Volosianus ðone pæll ástrehte ðe Dryhtnes andwlytan on wæs befealden,

      St. And. 46, 13.
  • iiii. pellas, and iiii. cuppan, Chart.
      Th. 519, 23.
  • Mycel ðǽr wæs gegaderod on golde and on seolfre and on faton and on pællan,

      Chr. 1086; Erl. 223, 30.
purple, a purple garment
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  • Of ðam biþ geweorht se weolocreáda pæl quibus tinctura coccinei coloris conficitur, Bd. 1, 1 ; S. 473, 20 note. Pællas

    purpuram,

      Coll. Monast. Th. 27, 7.
Etymology
[Icel. pell costly stuff. From Lat. pallium.]
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