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stondefast (s.xv)

[gdw]

[FEW: ; Gdf: ; GdfC: ; TL: ; DEAF: ; DMF: ; TLF: ; OED: ; MED: ; DMLBS: ]
 
M.E. (?)

The word does not appear in the English dictionaries, but see OED sub steadfast n., which provides a sixteenth-century attestation of what seems to be the same plant name.

s.

1bot.castor-oil plant, Ricinus communis (?)
( MS: s.xv ) Un herbe ke l’en apele stondefast, i. jagdewrt, autretaunt cest medicyne  146.E303
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