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primerole (s.xii2)

The form primorele is a cross reference to the following entry:

primerole (s.xii2)

premerol,  premerole,  premeroll;  primirole,  primrol,  primorele;  prymerole; 
pl. primerolis  (premeroel  TLL ii 142.76 primereloy  TLL ii 5)  
  FEW:  primarius 9,379a Gdf:  primerole 6,406a GdfC: TL: primerole 7,1856 DEAF:  premier (primerole)  DMF:  primerole  TLF:  primevère (primerole)  OED:  primerole n.  MED:  primerol(e n.  DMLBS:  primurella 2461c

Etymologically both primerole and primevere are terms for plants flowering early in spring. They have been used, somewhat interchangeably (for confusion of primerole, primerose and primevoire, see TL 7.1856-58), with reference to both ‘primrose’ and ‘cowslip’.

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1bot.primrose, Primula vulgaris, plant with pale yellow or pink flowers
( MS: s.xii2 )  [A]ccipe [...] ache, primorele, fevrefuie  Pop Med 65.8
( s.xiii2/3; MS: s.xiiim )  La primerole seit triblee Par sei sur la verge posee  Nov Chir ANTS 828
( c.1290; MS: s.xivin )  coyller primerole Pur fere chapeus a clers d’escole Ke par bost de frivole (M.E. of ydel words) [...] Sevent attrere femme fole  BIBB ROTH (T) 462
( 1273-82; MS: s.xivex )  La lievre en qui ‘Jhesu’ se vole Vaint en odor la premerole  Ross ANTS 3814
( MS: c.1400 )  Pernez la primirole e le ardez  Five Med MSS 70.T6
2bot.cowslip, Primula veris, herbaceous plant of the primrose family with yellow flowers
( s.xiii2; MS: c.1400 )  Primula veris, prima rosa, gallice et anglice primerole  Alph 146
( MS: c.1300 )  Primula veris: (A2) gallice premerol  Plant Names 214
( MS: c.1340 )  Herba paralisis: (B2) gallice primerole, anglice couslop  Plant Names 137
3bot.pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis, plant with red, purplish-red or white flowers
( MS: s.xiii/xiv ) pimpinella: (D*) primerole (var. (L: s.xiii) premeroel;  (C: s.xiiiex) pimpernele )  TLL ii 142.76
primerole de herber
bot.primrose (?)
( MS: c.1300 )  por parlesie: Pernez [...], primerole de herber, planteine, gupillere. i. foxesglove, pelusee  Pop Med 317.24
primerole de pré
bot. cowslip (?)
( MS: c.1300 )  por parlesie: Pernez ambrosie. i. sauge salvage, primerole de pré, [...]  Pop Med 317.24
primerole salvage
bot.cowslip
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  A meme ceo versét le jus de heyre terrestre en l'orayle de la contrere partye ou le jus de primerole savage .i. kousleppe  A-N Med ii 158

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See also:

prime1  primerose  primevere 
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