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Pfe between the Continental and  words, at a very early date (about the 4th ). “It appears even in the earliest ; parcus, parricus (Leg. Rip. and Leg. Angl.), parc (Leg. Bajuv.), in the latter instance as ‘granary,’” and also in early ;  parc, ‘pen, park’ (see ),  parco. park is based partly on and partly on the  word. The source of all the cognates is incorrectly ascribed to ;  pâirc,  parc, parwg.   ,, ‘horse,’ from pfërt (-des), , ‘horse,’  ‘riding-horse, lady’s horse’ (in contrast to , ‘war-horse’), with the earlier variants pfërit for *pfërirît,  (from the 10th ) pferfrī̆t, pfarifrī̆d; corresponding to  pęrid,  paard. The word seems to be and  (in the   the old terms  and  are still the prevalent terms; it was probably borrowed (about the 8th ?) from the early  paraverêdus, parifredus (f for v as in ; the change of v into f in this case, however, is common to ). Parverêdus, ‘horse,’  ‘near horse,’ is derived from  παρά and  verêdus, ‘horse’ (allied to  rêda, ‘waggon’). In the  group,  gorwydd, ‘steed,’ was retained. The  languages retain the  word (in the  collateral form palafrêdus, palafrênus) in the sense of ‘palfrey’;   palefroi ( palfrey),  palafreno.   ', see .   ',, ‘toadstool,’ from  pfifferling, pfëfferling, , ‘curry mushroom.’   , , ‘Whitsuntide,’ from  pfingsten, which in form is really a   , and was used at an early period for all cases;  zi *pfingustin, ‘Whitsuntide,’ is by chance not recorded (Notker uses a pedantic semi-version, zi finfchustin). Formed from and  πεντεκοστή ( pentecoste,  pentecôte),  ‘fiftieth day after Easter’;  te pincoston, ‘at Whitsuntide,’  pinksteren, as well as  pętikostij, Whitsuntide.’ While the term, applied to the Christian passover, was  a heathen word, which has been retained in  and , in this instance the ecclesiastical name obtained on the Continent, and that probably prior to the  period, as the initial pf in  indicates; it was perhaps introduced through a  medium contemporaneously with   and. In, Whitsunday ( hoítadagr) was retained from a very early period, since it was the chief day for baptism, and the newly baptized were wont to wear white garments during that week; hence the term ‘’. (Dominica in Albis). From quinquagesima, the frequent rendering in of pentecoste, are derived  sinxen,  cincgigais, ‘Whitsuntide.’   ,, ‘Thursday,’ from pfinztac; a word peculiar to -, based on  *pinta,  to  πέμπτη (  πέφτη), ‘Thursday.’ It seems to have been introduced by Arians with  and  (see also  and );   pętŭkŭ, ‘Friday.’   , and  (s after r as in  and ; yet  pfêršiχ), from the   pfërsich,, ‘peach’ (  pesca,  pêche, whence  peach). Although the word is not recorded until the 12th, persicum was naturalised in Germany even prior to the  period (so too in England;   persoc), as the permutation of the initial p to pf indicates (  and ), while  was adopted within the latter era. With regard to the gender see. With the introduction of horticulture and fruit-growing from the South, numerous names of fruit passed into ; see, , and.   ,, ‘plant, vegetable,’ from pflanze, pflanza, ; from the   and  planta ( plante,  pianta), whence , , and  plant (so too  cland,  plant). This term was borrowed at the same period as the words mentioned under. <section end="Pflanze" /> <section begin="Pflaster" /> ,, ‘plaster, pavement,’ from pflaster,  pflastar, , ‘plaster, court-plaster, cement, mortar, floor of cement or stones’; borrowed, perhaps contemporaneously with , in the 8th , from - ἔμπλαστρον (  empiastro,  emplâtre), ‘plaster,’ which in  also assumed the meaning ‘gypsum’ (  plâtre), and was shortened to plastrum;   piastrello, ‘small plaster.’ In the sense of ‘pavement’  pflaster was first used at the end of the  period. plaster and to emplaster. <section end="Pflaster" /> <section begin="Pflaume" /> ,, from the  pflûme, , ‘plum’; borrowed, as the <section end="Pflaume" />