oulden (c.1325)
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oulden (c.1325)

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[ gdw]

[ FEW: ∅; Gdf: ∅; GdfC: ∅; TL: ∅; DEAF:  oulden; DMF: ∅; TLF: ∅; OED:  weld n.1; MED:  weld(e n.; DMLBS: ∅ ]
ouldien  
M.E. (?)

The two citations are from different manuscripts of the same text, Secreta medicine, by Sampson (Dean §412). The interpretation as weld, a plant used for making dye, does not account for the second half of the word (which might also be read as deu/dieu).

s.

1bot.unidentified plant, possibly weld (?): 
( MS: c.1325 )  seuz sunt lez autres .v. herbes quey trayunt a la playe: ouldien, warence, bugle, ruge cholet, orvaut  53.C254
( MS: s.xiv2 )  ces sont les autres .v. herbes que treunt a la playe: oulden, warence, bugle, rouge cholet, orvaut  514
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