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[ FEW: 25,595b astella; Gdf: 1,456c astele; GdfC: 8,218c astelle; TL: 3,1372 astele; DEAF: ∅; DMF: attelle; TLF: attelle; OED: astel n.; MED: astel n.; DMLBS: 146c astella ]

astel; aestele, hastele; estel, estele, hestele;
pl. estés, stele i 141,
pl. esceles (l. esteles), eisselez 67.1

s.1splinter ♦ twig, chip of wood ♦ firewood ♦ kindling, tinder 2hame (one of two curved pieces of wood or metal which support a horse-collar) 3shaft of arrow

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1splinter:

( 1155; MS: s.xii^ex ) Des escuz volent les asteles 12859

( s.xiii^1/4; MS: s.xiii^m ) Tote la (=shield) fent jusque la bocle; Les asteles l’en ferent suz la gule 1837

( c.1230; MS: s.xiii^m ) Sur sun escu […] Li vait faire un tel cembel Ke amunt volent li astel 8271

♦twig, chip of wood:

( 1160-74; MS: s.xvii ) O piuz e o astelles les fessoient fuir i 70.154

( c.1290; MS: s.xivⁱⁿ ) Les hasteles (M.E. shydes) fetes allumer (M.E. tende) (C) 13ra

♦ firewood:

( c.1200; MS: s.xiii^3/4 ) il truvat la femele En une bruscé u ele coillit astele (B) 14419

♦kindling, tinder:

( s.xivⁱⁿ; MS: c.1330 ) Fausine se moustre e revele; De Amour ne peert ja une estencele, Mes tut est allumee de Malice l’astele 54.40

2horses equit.hame (one of two curved pieces of wood or metal which support a horse-collar):

( c.1290; MS: s.xiv^1/4 ) Si des hesteles du chival (M.E. hors hames) Facet hasteles (M.E. schides to brennen) vus fret mal (A) 304vb

( MS: s.xiv ) arquillis: hames, estels ii 154

3weapons mil.shaft of arrow:

( 1388 ) que nul fleccher de yceste citee ne overera desormés ascun dymenche […] ne ne mettera ascunes setes, boltis, n’autres lurs darrés pur […] vender […] forsque pur mettre les chefs sur les estés quant busoigne soit i 110

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