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essele1 (1155)
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The form aissiele is a cross reference to the following entry:

essele1 (1155)

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essel,  esselle;  ecele;  eiscele,  eissele,  essuil;  ascel,  ascele;  aissel,  aissele,  aissiele;  assele;  huissel,  huissell,  huisselle;  hussel, 
(pl. huiselx  Tract Orth 192.18)  
  FEW:  axilla 25,1281a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  aissele 8,64b TL: aissele 1,262 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  aisselle 1  TLF:  aisselle  OED: ∅ MED:  acelle n.  DMLBS:  axilla 171c

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anat.armpit: 
( 1155; MS: s.xiii4/4 )  Cotels tranchanz suz lur aisseles  Brut WACE 2172
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Car plus est mortel cop cely desuz les esseles  Rom Chev ANTS 6180
( s.xiiex; MS: c.1200 )  alarum romanice essele, idem est acella .s. fossicula illa que sub brachiis est  Gloss Sidon 143.82
( MS: s.xiii ) acellas: (C*) esseles (var. (C: s.xiiiex) asseles;  (D: s.xiii/xiv) les asseles, harme-puttes;  (D*: s.xiii/xiv) esselis;  (L: s.xiii) essel )  TLL ii 126.1
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Desouz le bras avez ascel (M.E. armole)  BIBB ROTH (G) 99
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 )  si dolour neist en la veissie e si il pise ad grant grevance, si ad senestre part desus le essele le [char] li enfle ensement cum un poume  A-N Med ii 255
( s.xvin; MS: s.xv1 ) Desoub le bras avez huissel (M.E. Under þe arme ȝe have a putte)  Fem2 18.4
( MS: s.xvm )  mes esseles .i. aselle  Fr Voc 85.23
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