hechele (s.xiii1)
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hechele (s.xiii1)

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[ FEW: ∅; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  hatchel n. / hackle n. 2 / heckle n.; MED:  hechel(e n.; DMLBS: ∅ ]

pl. hechilis  
M.E.

s.

1textilehackle, instrument for carding flax, a flax comb: 
( MS: s.xiii1 )  mataxa: serence, hechele  ii 98
( MS: s.xiv )  mateaxas: ceren[c]les, hechilis  ii 60
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