Fessel

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German vezzel, Old High German fezzil (“band for fastening and holding the sword”). Cognate with Old Norse fetell (“band, bandage, sword-belt”), Old English fetel (“sword-belt”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Fessel f (genitive Fessel, plural Fesseln)

  1. fetter, shackle
  2. pastern

Declension

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References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Fessel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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