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lentille (s.xii2)
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lentille (s.xii2)

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lentil,  lentile,  lentyl;  lentelle,  lenteilhe  (lenticle)  
  FEW:  lenticula 5,251a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  lentille 10,71c TL: lentille 5,327 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  lentille  TLF:  lentille  OED:  lentil n.  MED:  lentil(le n.  DMLBS:  lentilla 1584c

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1bot.lentil: 
( s.xii2; MS: s.xii3/3 )  [...] feves e lentille e ceire quite e miel [...]  Liv Reis1 91
( 1390-1412; MS: s.xv1 )  .xvij. quarters de vesces, .xix. de lentils  Lett & Pet 406.6
2anat.freckle, spot: 
( s.xiii; MS: s.xiii2 )   [...] lentilles e muz altres maladies  Orn Dames 325
( 1266-1300; MS: c.1300 )  et se il soit mellez od vinaigre et miel, fait la face belle et oste lenteilhes et autres malles tesches de la face  Waterford busby 288.S103.13
( MS: s.xv )  Pur oster lentelles de la face [...]  Five Med MSS 163.E495
lentil d'ewe
bot.duckweed: 
( MS: c.1300 )  Lenticula Aquatica: (A4) lentile de ewe (var. (A3: .sxivin) lentil de ewe; (C6: s.xv2) lentyl d'ewe; (C10: s.xv2) lentildew, lentildowe; (C21: s.xv) lentildue; (C24: s.xv) lentildow)  Plant Names 157
lentille russe
bot.red lentil: 
( c.1334; MS: s.xivm )  un potage qe Jacob mangeoit de lenticle rouse  TREVET Cron1 17.18

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See also:

enlestré  lente2  lentilus  tille2 
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