vertevele (c.1290)
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vertevele (c.1290)

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vertefelle,  vertevel,  vertivel,  vertivele,  vertuele (l. vertvele)  1670,  vervele  2.125  

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1strap, leaf (of hinge): 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  En un gymel sunt les gouns (M.E. hokes), Si deuz verteveles (M.E. hengles) eoms  994
( MS: s.xiv1 )  vertigo: vertivel, a hengle  14
2(sliding piece of) bolt or lock: 
( MS: s.xivin )  Plus vaudreit en chaumbre ho la vertevele Ke escoter de ceo clers sy lounge favele  i 156
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