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nefle (s.xiii3/4)
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nefle (s.xiii3/4)

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nephe,  nephele;  nifle  
  FEW:  mespilum 12,56b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  nesple 10,199c TL: nesfle 6,612 DEAF: ∅ DMF:  nèfle  TLF:  nèfle  OED: ∅ MED:  mespile  DMLBS:  neflum 1901a

There may be an etymological link between this entry and nifel.

s.

bot.fruitmedlar: 
( MS: s.xiii3/4 )  de peresil, de ache, de nifle et de bru et de sparage  Pop Med 333
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Gobaire: nefles  Gloss Arab 406.554
( MS: s.xiii/xiv )  In virulto magistri Johannis cerasus fert cerasa, pirus pira, pomus poma, prunus pruna, coctanus coctana, mespilus mespila (gloss: (D*) nefles)  TLL i 202.77 and ii 143.77

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See also:

nefler 
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