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[sorbarius] (s.xiii2/4)

[sorbarius] (s.xiii2/4)


pl.? sorbarii  
  FEW:  sorbum *12,106a Gdf: GdfC: TL: DEAF:  sorbe (*)  DMF: TLF: OED: MED: DMLBS:
ls(loanword: Latin (?))
le

The Latin term for ‘sorb-apple’ is sorbum (DMLBS 3137a), but the form with an -arius ending (possibly an adjectival suffix) is not listed in any Latin dictionaries.

s.

bot. fruitsorb-apple, fruit of the service-tree
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Et face l'en neis fomentacions des escorches de pomes grenades et de poumes de[s] bois, de poumes citonies, sorbarii, mespili et simphiti quites en ewe de ploie  A-N Med i 243.176

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See also:

sorbe 
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sorbarius