[toxin] (s.xiv1)

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[toxin] (s.xiv1)

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  FEW:  toxicum *13/ii,134a Gdf: GdfC: TL: tossin 10,469 DEAF:  tossique (tossin)  DMF: TLF:  toxine  OED:  toxin n.  MED: DMLBS:  toxicum 3462b
toccyn  

For the medieval period, the word is attested once in one of the manuscripts of a Continental French version of the Roman d’Alexandre (see TL tossin 10,469). TLF has toxine and OED toxin n., both dated from the 19th c. The implied etymon *toxinus is not attested in Latin.

s.

1poison, toxic substance
( MS: s.xiv1 ) La treszime herbe [...] si ele soit mys desouz sardoigne ové poy de toccyn (Latin: um parvo de toxico), fra le portaunt bien entendaunt  188
toxiche 
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