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lussellus

lussellus [AN lussel, OF luissel] , skein, hank (of yarn or sim.). 1225 in xvj lucellis fili Cl 65a; c1250 lucellus de filo canabi j qd. (Sandwich) DCCant. Register/H f. 162; 1255 detinet ‥ tres ulnas lynee tele et v lussell’ fili CourtR Ramsey 6; 1275, 1278 de qualibet duodena ~orum fili ad cordas Pat 94 m. 17, 98 m. 26; 1284 pro vj cordis grossis continentibus c et viij lucellos, prec’ lucelli xxij d. KR Ac 467/9 m. 6; pro iiij cordis grossis continentibus xxvj ~os fili, prec’ ~i xvj d. Ib. m. 9 (cf. Building in Eng. 327); c1300 de quolibet lusshello canabi Reg. S. Aug. 138; ? 1303 lucellus de filo canabi EEC 160.

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