sowthistel (s.xiv1)
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sowthistel (s.xiv1)

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[gdw]

  FEW: ∅ Gdf: ∅ GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF: ∅ DMF: ∅ TLF: ∅ OED:  sow-thistle n.  MED:  soue-thistel n.  DMLBS: ∅
sourethestil,  sowersthestil; 
pl. sowersthestilis  
ls(loanword: M.E. )
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In its unexpected spelling variants sourethestil and sowersthestil, the word’s first element seems to have undergone an unetymological association with either sour a. and n.1. or sower n..

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1bot.sow-thistle, plant of the Sonchus genus with sharply toothed leaves and yellow flowers similar to those of the dandelion: 
( MS: s.xiv1 ) Pernetz sowthistel e triblez e mettez desoutz les pés cum emplastre  28.226
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 ) preignez une herbe que est appellé sourethestil et watercresces par ou[e]les porc[i]ouns  ii 249
( s.xiv2; MS: s.xiv2 ) Item pur faire ewe pur fevres: preignez sauge e avences, violet, tormentule e sowersthestilis [...]  ii 249
thouthistel 
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