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claveal (s.xii3/4)
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claveal (s.xii3/4)

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clavel  
  FEW:  clavellus 2/i,758a Gdf:  clavel 2,148c GdfC:  clavel 9,106b TL: clavel 2  DEAF:  clavel  DMF:  claveau 1  TLF:  claveau 1  OED:  clavel n.  MED:  clavale n.  DMLBS:  clavillus 357b

s.

1small nail, stud: 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  Empliz est ly chanz (var. (P: c.1310) champz =background) e soudee a claveaus  Rom Chev ANTS 4276
♦link, ring (of chain-mail): 
( s.xii3/4; MS: s.xiv2 )  De son haubert maillé fausent ly clavel  Rom Chev ANTS 2168
( s.xiii1/4; MS: s.xiiim )  Le fort acer detrenche le menu fer (=of hauberk) Que tut le piz covrent de claveals  Ch Guill 880
2med.zool.mammalsmange, scab, contagious eruptive disease of sheep: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  Se clavel ont (=berbiz), si s’en fuira  Lapid 190.1068
3 name (used as a surname): 
( 1218 )  John Clavel  Family Names Clavell
( 1327 )  William Clavel  Family Names Clavell

See also:

clavellé  clavoun 
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