neelé (s.xii2/4)
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neelé (s.xii2/4)

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  FEW:  nigellus 7,128b Gdf:  neelé 5,483c / neeler 5,483b GdfC: ∅ TL: nëeler 6,570 DEAF:  neel (neeler)  DMF:  nieller 1  TLF:  nieller 2  OED:  niello v.  / nielloed a.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  niegellare 1913b
naylé;  neelee,  neelet;  neielé;  niellé;  noelé;   

The OED notes that English anneal, derived from the OE ǽlan meaning ‘to set on fire, burn, bake (tiles, etc.)’ may have been influenced by the French neeler though aneeler is unknown in French and neele is unknown in English. Niello appears in English only in the 19th century as a borrowing from Italian.

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1decor.colourmetalannealed, damascened, nielloed, having applied black metallic alloys to a metal to create a decorative effect: 
( MS: s.xii2/4 )  Ceintes espees as punz d’or neielez  684
( c.1170; MS: s.xiiim )  Si cum prendre le volt al nasel neelet  (O) 4791
( s.xiiex; MS: 1272-82 )  Desus out un anel Neelé ad argent  51
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  D'or fu li punz, d'argent fu neelee  2847
aneelé  neel#1  neelure  neir 
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