enchens
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old French encens (“sweet-smelling substance”), borrowed from Late Latin incensum (“burnt incense”, literally “something burnt”), neuter past participle of Latin incendō, incendere (“set on fire”).
Noun
editenchens m (uncountable)
- (Jersey) incense
- (Jersey) red deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)
- (Jersey) hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)
Synonyms
edit- (hedge woundwort): ortchie puante, hèrbe d'couochon