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scyfel

  • noun [ feminine ]
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scyfel, e: scyfele, an; f. [Shovel in shovel-hat ?]
A covering for a woman's head; mafors (mafors operimentum capitis maxime feminarum, Ducange)
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  • Hacele capsula, cóp ependiten, scyfele mafors, nunne

    sanctimonialis,

      Wrt. Voc. i. 284, 67.
  • Scyfla, scybla

    maforte (-ae ),

      Txts. 77, 1267: Wrt. Voc ii. 55, 38.
  • Scyfelum

    mafortibus,

      55, 39: 87, 63.
Etymology
[Cf. (?) scuffle, a linen garment worn by children to keep their clothes clean, a pinafore, an apron (Sussex). Icel. skupla; f.; skypill; m. a woman's hood hiding or shading her face.]
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