finkle Obs. exc. dial.
(ˈfɪŋk(ə)l)
Forms: 3 fenecel, 4 fenkil, 5 fenkylle, 4–6, 9 fenkel, 5–6 fenkell(e, 6 fyncle, 6, 9 finckle, 6 finkil, 7–9 finkel, finkle. See also fennel.
[ME. fenecel, ad. L. fæniculum: see fennel. The immediate source may be continental Teut.; cf. Du. venkel, OHG. fenachal, finachal, mod. Ger. fenchel.]
= fennel 1.
| c 1265 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 556 Feniculum, fenecel. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 155/2 Fenkylle, feniculum. 1567 J. Maplet Gr. Forest 42 Fenkell is an Herbe of the Gardaine and fielde common to them both. 1659 Rowbotham Gate Lang. Unl. xii. §132 These are spices; Pepper..fenil or finkel, thyme. 1883 Almondbury Gloss., Finkel, fennel. |
| attrib. c 1350 Med. MS. in Archæol. XXX. 351 Take y⊇ jus of fenkel rote And droppyn in y⊇ eyne. 1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 156 A Ferþing-worþ of Fenel-seed [v.r. fenkil seed]. |