clewe (s.xiii)

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clewe (s.xiii)

  FEW: Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF: DMF: TLF: OED:  clewe n.  MED: DMLBS:
 
ls(loanword: M.E. )
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s.

1clew, ball of thread or yarn
( MS: s.xiii )  glomus: clewe  169
( 1322-23 )  pur .iiij. clewes et .vj. skeynes de fil de cambre pur reis (=nets)  675
( 1347-60 )  Et en coustages faitz […] sur diverse cordaile, c’est pur desfaire et fyler .v. veles cables […] des queux furent filés .ixxx. et .vij. clewes et pur les filer, desfayre et wyndage des dites clewes  E101/25/32 m 5
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