† wriðeln.
Obsolete.
? Wild lettuce.
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a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3153 Ilc man, after his owen fond, Heued and fet and in rew mete Lesen fro ðe bones, and eten Wid wriðe [s] and vn-lif bread. [Cf. Exodus xii. 8 ‘Et edent carnes..et azymos panes cum lactucis agrestibus’.]
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