1implementagriculturalswingle, wooden blade used for beating and cleansing flax:
(
MS: s.xiii/xiv
) Hec sunt instrumenta mulieri(s) convenientia: forcipes et acus [...], girgillus et excudia
gloss: (D) escuce, swengle (var.
(C: s.xiiiex) escuche, swigleand;
(TLL ii 152.65: s.xiii) eschuce
), rupa, feritorium [...]
i 201.65 and ii 139.65
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