† fildorn.
Obsolete.
Gold thread. Also attributive.
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goldOE
fildora1350
gold or silk threadc1386
purl1394
silver1423
shreda1450
Venice gold1506
Venice silver1574
spun gold1728
passing1848
tambour1899
a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 37 A fyldor fax to folde.
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 189 Folden in wyth fildore aboute þe fayre grene.
c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 106 As fyldor fyn her b[o]nkes brent.
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