Obs. exc. poet. Forms: 5 eglantere, 4–5 eglenter, -ier. [a. OF. esglantier, aiglantier (mod.F. églantier), f. aiglant (see EGLANTINE1) + -ier, as in ros-ier rose-tree, etc.] = EGLANTINE1

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a. 1387.  Sinon. Barthol. (Anecd. Oxon.), 12. Bedegar est nodus rosæ albæ silvestris, vulgari nomine, eglenter.

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1459.  Test. Ebor. (1855), II. 226. Ij gilt peces with ij coverkills with treiles of eglenters.

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a. 1500.  Flower & Leaf, viii. The hegge … With sicamour was set and eglatere. Ibid., xii. I … Thought suddenly I felt so swete an air Of the Eglantère.

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1830.  Tennyson, Dirge, 23. The woodbine and eglatere Drip sweeter dews than traitor’s tear.

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