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CAWEL

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
CAWEL, cawl, caul, es; m. COLE, colewort, cabbage; caulis, magudăris = μαγύδαρις , brassica, Lin
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  • Caul caula [ = caulis] vel

    magudaris,

      Wrt. Voc. 79, 44.
  • Befeald on caules [cawles MS. H.] leáf

    fold it in the leaf of a cabbage,

      Herb. 14, 2; Lchdm. i. 106, 17.
  • L. M. 1,

      46; Lchdm. ii. 114, 22: 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 214, 23.
  • Sele him etan geso-denne cawel on gódum broþe

    give him colewort to eat sodden in good broth,

      L. M. 3, 12; Lchdm. ii. 314, 15: 3, 44; Lchdm. ii. 336, 18.
  • Wild cawel

    wild cole;

    brassica silvatica,
      Herb. 130, 1; Lchdm. i. 240, 17.
  • Se bráda cawel

    the broad colewort, cabbage,

      L. M. 1, 33 ; Lchdm. ii. 80, 9.
Etymology
[Scot. kail, kalc: Frs. koal, kool: Dut. kool, f: Ger. kohl, m: M. H. Ger. köle, kol, m: O. H. Ger. kól: Dan. kaal, m. f: Swed. kál, m: Icel. kál, n: Fr. chou, m: Span. col, m: Ital. cavolo, m: Lat. caulis, m: Grk. καυλός , m: Wel. cawl: Corn, caul, m: Ir. cál: Gael. cál; m: Manx kail, f: Armor. kaol, m.]
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v.  cál.
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  • CAWEL, n.