fasel

Etymology

From Middle English faselen (“to fray”), from fasel (“frayed”, adjective) and fasel (“a frayed edge or border, fringe”, noun), probably a diminutive of Middle English fas (“fringe”), from Old English fæs (“fringe”). Compare Dutch vezel (“fibre, filament”), German faseln (“to ravel out, ramble”). Doublet of pizzle.

verb

To unravel or become frayed.“My sleve is fasylled: ma manche est rauelée.”
To become confused or ravelled.“[…] which hath fazled and entangled this Controverſie.”