Note E240 — 43.
Reading edition
"Eglantine," a word of doubtful origin. Chaucer writes it eglatere and eglentere. Fr. aiglantier, Prov. aiglentina = wild rose. Diez derives it from Lat. aculeus = a prickle, through the adj. aculentus.
Reading edition
"Eglantine," a word of doubtful origin. Chaucer writes it eglatere and eglentere. Fr. aiglantier, Prov. aiglentina = wild rose. Diez derives it from Lat. aculeus = a prickle, through the adj. aculentus.