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cincfoille (s.xiii2/4)
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The form sincfoil is a cross reference to the following entry:

cincfoille (s.xiii2/4)

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cincfoil;  cinquefoil,  cinquefoille,  cinquefole;  sincfoil,  sinkefoile,  sinkfoil,  sinkfoile  (cinefoille  Rec méd 102)  
  FEW:  quinquefolium 2/ii,1481a Gdf: ∅ GdfC:  cinquefueile 9,95c TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  cinquefoil n. and a.  MED:  cink-foil n.  DMLBS:  quinquefolium 2633c

Just like quintefoille and quinquefoille, the word derives from Latin quinquefolium and basically has the same meaning. FEW, OED and DMLBS treat these as the same word, but the use of vernacular vs. Latinate numerals makes the forms sufficiently different to warrant separate articles in the AND.

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bot.cinquefoil, Potentilla reptans, plant with compound leaves consisting of five leaflets: 
( s.xiii2/4; MS: c.1245 )  Item bevez le jus de sincfoil  Pop Med 124.164
( MS: c.1300 )  Pernez […] avence, herbe cruisee, cinquefole  Pop Med 320.56
( MS: c.1340 )  Pentafilon: (B2) gallice cincfoil, anglice fivelef  Plant Names 200
♦herald.cinquefoil, stylized depiction of five leaves or petals: 
( 1337-50 )  Le count de Anegos, port gules, une cinquefoille or, croiselé d’or [...] Monsire Henry de Braylesford, d’or, a une cinquefoille sable, percé argent  Roll Edward III 43

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See also:

cinc1  fuille1  quinquefoille  quintefoille 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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