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Yel vs Yelm - What's the difference?

yel | yelm |

As verbs the difference between yel and yelm

is that yel is obsolete spelling of lang=en while yelm is to prepare straw for use as thatch.

As a noun yelm is

a bundle of straw used for thatch.

yel

English

Verb

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    yelm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a bundle of straw used for thatch
  • *1952 : The thatcher then laid the 'yelms', or bunches of drawn straw, on the laths, beginning at the eaves and working up towards the ridge. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England , p. 224.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • to prepare straw for use as thatch
  • *1952 : The preparation of straw for thatch, which was known as 'yelming', consisted in damping it and 'drawing' it with a thatching-fork, or great comb, so as to get the straws parallel. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England , p. 224.

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