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pentafilon (s.xiii2/4)

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pentafilon (s.xiii2/4)

pentaphilon  
  FEW:  pente 8,206b Gdf:  pentafilon 6,88a GdfC: TL: DEAF:  pentafilon  DMF:  pentafilon  TLF: OED: MED:  penta-filon n.  DMLBS:  pentaphyllon 2182b
ls(loanword: Latin Greek )
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Ultimately from Greek πενταφυλον.

s.

bot.creeping cinquefoil, Potentilla reptans (plant with compound leaves consisting of five leaflets)
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 )  Et li doigne om autre ewe, c'est asavoir l'ewe de la decoction des escorchis capparis, filipendule, et pentafilon  A-N Med i 234
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1400 )  Quinquefolium, pentaphilon idem, gallice quintefoil (var. (B: s.xv1) quintfoil), anglice fivelevedgras  Alph 152.16
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Nitafilon: pentafilon, quintefoille  Gloss Arab 390.355
( c.1300; MS: s.xivm )  Khamisworket: pentafilon  Gloss Arab 405.542
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  Le ters jor aprés donét ly ceste decoction: r[ecevét] [...] succi plantaginis libram unam, virge pastoris, memithe, cameleonte, quinquenervie, pentafilon ana manipulum unum  A-N Med ii 173.149

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See also:

cincfoille  quinquefoille  quintefoille 
This is an AND2 Phase 4 (N-O/U-P-Q) entry. © 2013-17 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. All rights reserved. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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