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confire1 (s.xii2)

confire1 (s.xii2)

comferie,  comfilie;  conferi,  conferie,  conferri,  confir,  confiree,  confirie;  counfirie;  cumferie,  cumfirie;  cunfirie;  (cornsilie (l. comfilie)  Alph 9.18)  
  FEW:  conferva 2/ii,1030a Gdf:  confire 2 2,233a GdfC: TL: confire 1 2,679 DEAF:  confire 1  DMF:  confire 2  TLF: OED:  comfrey n.  MED:  conferie n.  DMLBS:  conferva 431c

s.

bot.comfrey, flowering riverside plant, Symphytum officinale
( MS: s.xii2 )  [A]ccipe [...] luvesche, ruge aguille, cumfirie, fumetere, morele […]  Pop Med 65.8
( MS: s.xiiex )  Confiria: gall[ice]confirie, angl[ice] galloc  Triling Gloss 291.19
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1400 )  Anagallicum […]. Gallice et anglice confirie vel cornsilie  Alph 9.18-19
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Pernés bugle, pernés confire, […]  Pop Med 173.765
( MS: c.1300 )  si li donez confir a beivre  Pop Med 303.44
( MS: s.xivm )  Conferia: romani conferie, anglici […] galsone  Med Recs 193
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