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myrtillus

myrtillus, ~um, myrtella [cf. CL myrtus < μύρτος; AN mirtelle=bilberry; OF mirtille=myrtle tree] 1 myrtle berry. fida pudicitie servatrix, frigida myrtus / perdit myrtillis nobilitata suis Neckam DS VIII 128; mirtillorum aut rubi aut lentisci Gilb. II 81. 1; anisi. viscaginis. mirtelle Ib. II 112v. 2; pulvis mirtillorum vel foliorum mirti Gad. 7v. 2; mirtillus autem semen mirti est, A. bloberi secundum quosdam, et a mirto sive mirtillo vinum et olivum [? l. olium] mirtinum SB 30. 2 fruit of sweet-gale. mirons sive mirca frutex est cujus fructus sunt mircilli Alph. 118. 3 wine made from myrtle berries. mircus sive mirca idem, inde vinum et oleum mirtinum sive mirtillum, et mirchite indeclinabile quod sonat quantum mirtinum Alph. 119.

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