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CERFILLE

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
CERFILLE, cærfille, cyrfille, an; f.
CHERVIL; cærefolium = χαιρέφυλλον , chærophyllum sylvestre, Lin
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  • Genim ðysse wyrte ðe man cerefolium, and óðrum naman ðam gelíce cerfille nemneþ þrý croppas take three heads of this herb, which is named cerefolium,

    and by the other like name chervil,

    • Herb. 106
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 220, 9: Lchdm. ii. 72, 6
    • .
  • To monnes stemne nim cerfillan

    for a man's voice take chervil,

    • 1, 83
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 152, 15: 2, 52
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 272, 10
    • .
Etymology
[
Plat. karwel:
Dut. kervel, f:
Ger. kerbel, m:
M. H. Ger. kërvele, f:
O. H. Ger. kerfola. f:
Dan. kiörvel, m. f:
Swed, kyrfvel, m:
Icel. kerfill, m. Rask Hald:
Lat. cærefolium; from. Grk. χαιρέφυλλον.
]
Derived forms
wudu-cerfille
Linked entries
v.  cærfille cyrfille ceruille.
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  • CERFILLE, n.