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flavel (1150-70)
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flavel (1150-70)

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flael,  flauvel,  flavell  
  FEW:  flabellum 3,587b Gdf:  flavel 1, flavel 2 4,28b GdfC: ∅ TL: flavel 1 3,1920 DEAF:  flavel 1  DMF:  flavel 1  TLF: ∅ OED:  flabel n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  flabellum 1 956b

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1rattle, clapper: 
( 1150-70; MS: 1225-1300 )  Tut s’apareile cum fust lazre (=leper), E puis prent un hanap de mazre [...] Met i de buis un gros nuel, Si s’appareille un flavel  Trist thomas2 1785
2agriculturalfan (for keeping away flies?), winnowing fan: 
( s.xiiim; MS: s..xiiiex )  il tendra le flavel en sa main si esneira sa aire  Legendary 82.89
( MS: c.1250 )  De suppellectilibus domus [...] hoc flavellum: flavel  TLL i 423
( MS: s.xiiiex ) flabellum: (C) le flael (var. (D: s.xiii/xiv) la venetyle;  (D*: s.xiii/xiv) ventilabre;  (L: s.xiii) ventilable )  TLL ii 126.6
3 name (used as a surname): 
( 1322 )  Adam Flauvel  Family Names Falvell
( 1325 )  John Flavel  Family Names Falvell
( 1476 )  John Flavell  Family Names Falvell

See also:

flaveler 
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