tanacetum

tanacetum [AN tanesie < athanasia < ἀθανασία], (bot.) tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), silverweed (Potentilla anserina), or other herb (cf. athanasia). 10‥ tenedissa, helde WW; 10‥ tanicetum, helde Ib.; ~a, helde Ælf. Gl.; tenesita, i. helde Gl. Laud. 1450; taneticus quid commemorem licet acrius ora (H. Hunt.) Med. Stud. LXV 232; 12‥ tanesetum, i. tanesie, i. helde WW; hic autem dicunt quod †ranacetum [l. tanacetum] cum aceto distemperatum vel sucus ejus cum aceto distemperatus sanguinem intra coagulatum eijcit per vomitum Gilb. IV 182v. 2; ~um domesticum vel ortolanum magis viride est. G. tanesie, A. banifan Alph. 181 (cf. ib.: tanacetum agreste ‥ tanacetum, athanasia idem); tansetum, tansaye WW; gosys gresse, camoroch, wylde tanze, tanasetum, -ti, agreste PP; tanszey, tanazetum, -ti, ‥ quia tanazetum silvestre dicitur goosgrese vel camarocham Ib.; Athanasia, que grece tagetes, latine tanacetum, Anglice dicitur Tansey Turner Herb. (1965) 45.