enchens

Norman

Etymology

From 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

enchens m (uncountable)

(Jersey) incense
(Jersey) red deadnettle (Lamium purpureum)
(Jersey) hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)

Synonyms

(hedge woundwort): ortchie puante, hèrbe d'couochon

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