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wefl

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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wefl, e; wefle (-a ; m.?), an; f.
weft, woof, thread which crosses the warp
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  • Weft vel ówef, uuefl

    cladica, caldica,

    • Txts. 51, 482.

  • Cladica

    wefl oððe ówef oððe

    claudica,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 14, 4.

  • Wefl vel óweb

    cladicla,

    • 131, 59.

  • Wefl

    cladica,

    • 16, 31
      • :
    • i. 66, 13
      • :
    • 281, 76.

  • Uuefl

    panuculum

    ,
    • ii. 116, 29
      • :

    titica

    (cf. O. H. Ger. below),
    • 122, 33.

  • Weflan

    penniculae

    (the passage is: Nisi panniculae diversis colorum varietatibus fucatae inter densa filorum stamina ultro citroque decurrant,
    • Ald. 15
    ),
    • Hpt. Gl. 430, 69.

  • Wefla

    panucla

    (this is a gloss to the same passage as the preceding),
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 77, 13.

  • Wundene mé (a coat of mail) ne beóð wefle (ueflæ,

    • Txts. 151, 5
    ), ne ic wearp hafu

    the threads of the woof are not twisted for me, nor have I a warp,

    • Exon. Th. 417, 15
      • ;
    • Rä. 36, 5.

  • Wæfla

    pannicularum

    (colobium cum sine pompulenta pannicularum varietate ordiretur,
    • Ald. 51
    ),
    • Hpt. Gl. 494, 9.

  • Weflum

    panniculis

    (panuclis,
    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 65, 61
    , in a gloss to the same passage : Lanea filorum stamina ex glomere et panniculis revoluta,
    • Ald. 8
    ),
    • 417, 30.
an implement for weaving (-l suffix in words denoting implements, cf, scofi), a shuttle (?)
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  • Hé sceal habban fela towtóla . . . pihten, wefte,wefle (or under I?), wulcamb,

    • Anglia ix. 263, 13.
Etymology
[
O. H. Ger. wefal (-el, -il) datica, subtemen, stamen.
]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “wefl.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/34961.

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