† edocken.
Obsolete.
Some broad-leaved water-plant; ? the Clote or Yellow Water-lily ( Nuphar lutea).
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edockec1000
water rose?a1300
mead-flower?a1350
water beanc1400
water coltsfoot14..
nenuphar?a1425
water lily?a1425
lotec1487
lotusc1487
nymphaea1543
water-can1622
can-dock1661
lotus flower1710
pond lily1748
Indian lotus1797
padma1799
Nuphar1822
beaver-root1832
splatterdock1832
frog-lily1845
brandy-bottle1846
Victoria1846
water nymph1848
lotus lily1857
cow-lily1862
pool lily1902
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 136 Nimphea, eadocca.
a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 28 Lilium aquaticum, an edocke; flos ejus nenufar.
a1450 Alphita (Anecd. Oxon.) 94 Lappacium Aquaticum..angl. waterdokke uel edokke.
1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester I. 112 Eddick, the bur or burdock. Arctium Lappa; also Errick.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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