cercellen.
Obsolete.
The teal duck.
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1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. I. 371 Seynt Colman his briddes..beeþ i-cleped cercelles [Higden cercellæ] and comeþ homeliche to manis honde.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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