flavel (1150-70)

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flavel (1150-70)

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

s.

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  1785
2agriculturalfan (for keeping away flies?), winnowing fan
( s.xiiim; MS: s..xiiiex )  il tendra le flavel en sa main si esneira sa aire  82.89
( MS: c.1250 )  De suppellectilibus domus [...] hoc flavellum: flavel  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 )  ii 126.6
3 name (used as a surname)
( 1322 )  Adam Flauvel  Falvell
( 1325 )  John Flavel  Falvell
( 1476 )  John Flavell  Falvell
flaveler 
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