Þwǽle

Secondo il Dizionario dell'Inglese Antico:

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þwǽle

or -a?; m.), an; f. A band, fillet :-- Ðuaelum taenis, Txts. 101, 1991. Thuélan vittas, 107, 2120. From its form the word, apparently, should mean towel, cf O. H. Ger. dwahila, dwehila; f. mantile, mappula, manutergium: M. H. Ger. dwehele, dwéle: Du. dwaal a towel; a shroud. þwæle