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A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Percill, -ell, Persill, -ell, n. Also: parsell, pearssell. [ME. and e.m.E. percyl, -sil(e (Piers Plowman), -sel (a 1400), -celle (1483), parcyl (c 1440), OF. peresil (13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), later persil, (f. late L. petrosilium). Cf. Persle n.] Parsley. Also attrib.(1) c1500 Makc. MS. xiii. 16.
Hoc petricellum, percill 1542 Reg. Cupar A. II. 208.
Twa beddis of herbis sic as percell betis and latows c1580-90 Rules of Health 7.
Mellissa persill betis spinache 1588 St. A. Kirk S. 621.
Persell syffis [etc.] 1581-1623 James VI Poems I. 128/297.
Sardonien percell, sennon-drawer 1595 Duncan App. Etym.
Petroselinum, parsell 1631 Buccleuch Household Bk. 3 Oct.
Pearssell 1689 Thanes of Cawdor 353.
Percell(2) attrib. 1552 Treas. Acc. X. 83.
Persell seid 1578 Inverness Rec. I. 261.
Ane persell bed sindre herbis sic as [etc.]

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