Obs. [Of obscure origin.] ? Wild lettuce.
c. 1250. Gen. & Ex., 3153. Ilc man after his owen fond, Heued and fet, and in-rew meten, Lesen fro ðe bones and eten, Wið wriðel and vn-lif bread. [Cf. Exodus xii. 8 ‘Et edent carnes … et azymos panes cum lactucis agrestibus.’]
