severouse (c.1290)
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severouse (c.1290)

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[gdw]

  FEW:  plantes mal définies 21,211a Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: severose 9,604 DEAF:  severouse  DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
 

Baldinger suggests an etymology from the Arabic plant name sabbarus (Etymologien i 577).

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1 bot. wild oat, Avena fatua (?): 
( c.1290; MS: 1307-25 )  Cerlaunge ki sovent crest en crevez =crevice, Une herbe qe severouse red[i]rez  655
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