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nettel (c.1300)
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nettel (c.1300)

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netil,  netyl  
  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  nettle n.  MED:  netle n.  DMLBS:  netlum 1910b
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bot.nettle, a plant of the genus Urtica: 
( MS: s.xv )  Pernez dragaunce et netyl, si lyez a la playe  Five Med MSS 120.E30
rede nettel
bot.red deadnettle, Lamium purpureum: 
( MS: s.xv )  sauge de jardyne, herbe croyse, croppe of ço (l. þe) rede nettel, straberywyse, osmounde, everferne, milfoyl [...]  Five Med MSS 88.S54
wilde nettel
bot. common nettle, stinging nettle, Urtica dioica (?): 
( MS: c.1300 ) Pur fere poysoun: Pernez bugyl, senekyl [...], solsekyl, horpyn, violet, columbyn, wild netil, le tendrun de warence .i. madir  Pop Med 241.52

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