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tassel (s.xii2/4)

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tassel (s.xii2/4)

taisel,  tasel,  tasseal  (casel (l. tasel))  
  FEW:  taxillus 13/i,137b Gdf:  tassel 1 7,654a GdfC:  tasseau 10,745b TL: tassel 2 10,132 DEAF:  tassel 1  DMF:  tasseau 1  TLF:  tasseau 1  OED:  tassel n.1  MED:  tassel n.  DMLBS:  tassellus 3375c

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1costumebuckle, clasp, fastener for a cloak
( s.xii2/4; MS: s.xiii ) U sunt li mantel E li orien taisel?  74
( 1171-74; MS: c.1200 ) Desus les altres dras out d'isenbrun mantel, Blanche pene d'aigneaus, senz urle, a neir tasel  5782
( c.1200; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Il sache vers sei le pan de son mantel, Ele le tent ferm e rumpent li tassel  (B) 1019
( s.xiiiin; MS: c.1300 ) sun bon mantel [...] Mult estoit richement uveré E de fin or trestur brosdé, Mult par iert riches li tasseals  22081
( s.xiiiex; MS: s.xiv1 ) hec fibula: tasel  22.368
( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) hec linula: tassel  ii 51
( 1397 )  un enter vestment de velvet rouge [...] ové .j. tuaille, .j. chesible, .ij. tunicles, .ij. casels (l. tasels), .iij. aubes, .iij. amytes [...]  296
2textiledecor.tassel, pendant fringe
( 1155; MS: s.xiiiin ) que vif veintre le purreit La barbe eust, preist les pels, Si feist faire urle ou tassels  11586
( 1150-70; MS: s.xiii ) li jaianz [...] aveit unes noveles pels - Mais urle i failli e tassels - De barbes as reis [...]  735
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1300 ) U sunt ces manteus Od ces riches peus [...]? L'urle e le tassel Ke tant furent bel U sunt devenuz?  1345

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tassel