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COMPLETE ROUTE ↗STAGE 01regionalMAPPABLE REGION
Old English, before the 12th century
Anglo-Saxon England
clew DOSSIER ↗Old English cliewen names the ball or wound thread behind later clew.
- COORDINATES STORED
- YES
- HONEST TO PLOT
- YES
- PLACEMENT MODE
- regional
- TIME PRECISION
- before
- NUMERIC TIME BOUND
- YES
- CLAIM CITATIONS
- 1
THIS STAGE ENTERS THE TIMELINE.
The numeric ceiling represents the source's before-the-12th-century horizon, not a first spoken use.
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- supports
Clew — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use
Documents the Old English form and the before-12th-century horizon.
Word History: Old English cliewen; First Known UseAUDIT SOURCE ↗