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victoriola

victoriola [CL = small figure representing the goddess of victory, LL = spurge-laurel] 1 petty victory. intra fines suos cum aliqua saltem ~a sese recepit Diceto YH 116. 2 (bot.): a (in quot. w. herba) kneeholm, butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus). b (var. ident.). a herba ~a, that is cneopholen ƿiþ ðone dropan and þæs magan sare Leechdoms I 26.  b ~a, smeringwyrt Ælf. Gl.; victorala, bonwort MS BL Sloane 420 f. 121r.

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