The association of this plant-name with affodille, proposed by FEW (25,491a) and reflected in other dictionaries, does not seem to be supported by the Anglo-Norman attestations.
s.
1bot.spignel, baldmoney, plant with white flowers, Meum athamanticum:
(
s.xiii2; MS: c.1400
)
spigurnella, gallice et anglice spigurnelle vel freydele. Mirabiliter valet contra squinanciam
174
(
MS: s.xiiiex
)
Prenez raiz, surele, rue e freidele
121C
freidele (s.xiii2)