sambu (c.1136-37)
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sambu (c.1136-37)

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  FEW:  sabucus 11,9a Gdf:  sambuc 7,301a GdfC: ∅ TL: sambuc 9,130 DEAF:  sambuc  DMF:  sambuc  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS:  sambucus 3 2922c
sambuc,  sambuce,  sambuz,  sanbue, 
Lat.gen. sambuci 22.749  

It is not always possible to distinguish the between sambu and sambue as both can gloss Latin sambuca. Sambu ultimately derives from a Greek etymon, while sambue is Germanic in origin.

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1bot.treeselder tree, Sambucus nigra: 
( c.1136-37; MS: s.xiiex )  Walter Tirel ert descenduz Trop pres del rei juste un sambuz  6314
( c.1300; MS: s.xivin )  Pernét de ladano dragme un, de musc scrupulum unum e medlet oveke jus de sambuc  ii 146
( MS: s.xv )  Pernetz la gumme de su s. sambuce e fetes pudre  136.E217
unguent de sambu
unguent
samata 
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