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sparge (s.xii2)
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sparge (s.xii2)

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sparage;  sperage,  sperge  (spararge  Pop Med 328.15 ),
(Lat.acc. speragum ),
(Lat.gen. sparagi,  speragi ),
(Lat.abl. sperago)  
  FEW:  asparagus 25,463a Gdf:  sperage 7,571c GdfC: ∅ TL: ∅ DEAF:  esparge  DMF:  sperage  TLF: ∅ OED:  sparage n.  / sperage n.  MED:  sparage n.  DMLBS:  asparagus (speragus) 137b

This term was used for a variety of plants (including a possible confusion with spurge; cf. DMLBS), which are not always distinguishable in the attested contexts.

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1bot.asparagus: 
( MS: s.xii2 ) sparge: waluuwawurt  Aelfric Gloss 48.138
( MS: s.xiiex ) Herba munda: gall. sparge  Triling Gloss 292.41
( s.xiii2/4; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Des herbes mangucent bourinches, spinaces, peresin, fenoil, speragum  A-N Med i 177
( s.xiii1; MS: c.1365 ) faites une decoctiun de les racines de fenoil et de ache et de persiel et de sparge et de brusk  Pharmacopoeia 7.29
( c.1240; MS: s.xiii3/4 ) Pernez les racines del rosel [...] e les racines brusci e sparagi  A-N Med i 66
( MS: s.xiii3/4 ) racine de fenoil, de peresil, de ache, de nifle et de bru et de sparage, de chescone racine quatre onces  Pop Med 333.7
( MS: s.xv ) [...] cerfoyl, sparge, crespe  (ms. erespe) mauve [...]  Five Med MSS 143.E286
2bot.dove's foot, cranesbill, Geranium molle: 
( MS: c.1300 ) dittoundir, tansey, sperge .i. pé de colum, horshunde  Pop Med 241.52
( MS: s.xv ) Sparagus: (C18) gallice sperage, anglice colverfot  Plant Names 242

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See also:

esperge 
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