nimphe (c.1300 (?))
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nimphe (c.1300 (?))

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  FEW:  nympha 7,258b Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  nymphea 10,217b TL: ∅ DEAF:  ninfe (nimpheie)  DMF:  nymphéa  TLF: ∅ OED:  nymphaea  MED:  nimfete n.  DMLBS:  nymphae 1959c
 

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1 bot. yellow or whilte waterlily, Nymphaea alba or Nuphar lutea: 
( c.1300?; MS: s.xivm )  Pernez un herbe que ad non nimphe et naist dejuste un fluvie  224
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