confire1 (s.xii2)
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confire1 (s.xii2)

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  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
comferie,  comfilie;  conferi,  conferie,  conferri,  confir,  confiree,  confirie;  counfirie;  cumferie,  cumfirie;  cunfirie;  cornsilie(l. comfilie)  9.18  

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1bot.comfrey, flowering riverside plant, Symphytum officinale: 
( MS: s.xii2 )  [A]ccipe [...] luvesche, ruge aguille, cumfirie, fumetere, morele […]  65.8
( MS: s.xiiex )  Confiria: gall[ice]confirie, angl[ice] galloc  291.19
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1400 )  Anagallicum […]. Gallice et anglice confirie vel cornsilie  9.18-19
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Pernés bugle, pernés confire, […]  173.765
( MS: c.1300 )  si li donez confir a beivre  303.44
( MS: s.xivm )  Conferia: romani conferie, anglici […] galsone  193
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