Old English vowel sequence and inflection simplified in Middle English.
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clew
a ball of thread or yarn
OPEN NODE 26 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedOld English · before 1150cliewen
ball, sphere, ball of thread
OPEN NODE 27 ↗01
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A concrete ball or wound thread was retained.
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Bosworth–Toller: cliewencliewen
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Clew — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseWord History: Middle English clewe, from Old English cliewen
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Supplies the direct historical sequence.
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