torten (s.xv)
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torten (s.xv)

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[FEW: *13/ii,109b torta; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF: ∅; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED: ∅; MED: ∅; DMLBS: ∅]
 
ls(loanword: M.E. (?))
le

The Middle English gloss elfcake suggests that the Anglo-Norman word can be derivative of turtre1, even though any further etymological evidence is lacking

s.

1med.pathol.pathological mass or growth on the spleen: 
( MS: s.xv )  apostematis splenis: gallice torten (M.E. elfcake)  33
turte#1 
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