cresso

cresso, ~io [OF cresson; cf. AS cerse, cresse] , cress, esp. water-cress (Nasturtium), conf. w. groundsel (Senecio). cresco, kerse Ælf. Gl.; cresco, cerse ‥, grissa garina, vorthig cearse Gl. Durh. (cf. ib.: †cristo, cleavre); triduanum faciens jejunium, in pane viz. azymo puri ordei et aqua et sale et ~one aquatico (Jud. Dei) GAS 417; folia rubee crissonis que supereminet aquam Gilb. III 143. 2 (cf. ib. VI 255. 1: ~ones); 1306 in coquina, ix d.; in cresson’, ij d. KR Ac 309/10; nasturcium ‥ aquaticum dicitur ~o ovis, senacio ovis SB 31; ~iones ‥, senicio idem, crescit in locis pinguibus; G. seneschon, A. growndeswylie Alph. 39 (cf. ib.: ~iones, G. cressouns, A. cressen).