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pointel2 (c.1300)
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pointel2 (c.1300)

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pointelle,  poyntel  
  FEW:  puncta *9,574a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  point (pointel)  / point (pointele)  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED:  pointel n.  DMLBS:  pointellus 2331a

The editor of Port Bks suggests the word is a diminutive of point1 (cf. P. Studer, ‘Étude sur quelques vocables anglo-normands’, Modern Language Review 6 (1911) 174-82 (p. 180). MED includes this sense sub pointel, and also DEAF currently arrange the word sub point. However, the etymology remains unclear.

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weightunitunit of measure used for woad (apparently varying between one half or three stone): 
( c.1300 )  De la pointelle (corrects original manuscript reading ‘piere’) de wolde  Oak Book ii 10n
( a.1399 )  Welde [...] .iij. ston facent un poyntel et si le poyntel, ob.  MED pointel n.
( 1430 )  .xxiiij. pointels de wold, pois .iiijc. – cust. .xvj. d.  Port Bk studer 100.543

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See also:

poignanment  poignant  poigné1  poindre1  point1  pointeié  pointel1  pointelé  pointement  pointer1  pointerole  pointet  pointing  pointur1  pointur2  pointure 
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