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† ˈfetles Obs.
Forms: α. 1 fǽtels, fétels, Orm. fetless, south. vetles, 3 fet(e)les. β. north. dial. 3–4 fetel, -il.
[OE. fǽtels str. masc., perh. related by ablaut to fæt, fat n., vat. In northern ME. the final s disappeared, as in mod. burial from buriels.]
A vessel or receptacle; a bag, cask, sack. In religious lang. used fig. = ‘vessel’.
αc893K. ælfred Oros. i. i. §21 Tweᵹen fætels full ealað oððe wæteres. c1000Sax. Leechd. III. 16 Do..on swylc fætels swylc ðu wille. c1200Ormin 14450 Þe firrste fetless wass Brerdfull off waterr filledd. a1225Ancr. R. 164 Þis bruchele uetles, þet is wummone vleschs. a1225Juliana 18 Ower mix mawmex þat beoð þes feondes fetles. c1250Gen. & Ex. 561 Ðat arche was a feteles good. c1300St. Margarete 207 He..in a strong vetles ous broȝte: & in a put ous caste.
βa1300Cursor M. 20932 (Cott.) Of chesing fetil wroght he was. c1325Metr. Hom. 140 Len me sum fetel tharto, Quarin I mai thin almous do. c1340Cursor M. 21623 (Edin.) A fetil that it war noȝte tinte [was] set vndir that licur for to hinte. |