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pirgis (s.xiii2)
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pirgis (s.xiii2)

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  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  pirgis  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

The definition is derived from the Latin and Middle English glosses in the citation, as the etymon of this word is unknown.

s.

bot.ground ivy, kind of germander: 
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1400 )  Camepiteos, cerfulla maior, vel quercula maior idem, vel germandra maior, gallice pirgis, et anglice mederatele  Alph 28.8

[gdw]

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pirgis