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dweorge-dwosle

  • noun [ feminine ]
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dweorge-dwosle, -dwostle, an; f. [dweorg a dwarf]
The herb pennyroyal; mentha pulēgium, Lin
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  • Herbs pollēgion [ = pulēgium], ðæt is dweorge-dwosle,

    • Herb. cont. 94,
    • 1;
    • Lchdm. i. 38,
    • 12.
  • Ðeós wyrt, ðe man pollēgium [ = pulēgium], and óðrunt naman dweorge-dwosle nemneþ this herb, which is called pulēgium,

    and by another name pennyroyal [dwarf dwosle],

    • Herb. 94,
    • 1;
    • Lchdnt. i. 204, 6, 7: 156,
    • 2;
    • Lchdm. i. 282, 23: iii. 6,
    • 19.
  • Nim dweorge-dwoslan

    take pennyroyal,

    • Herb. 106
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 220, 10: iii. 6,
    • 12.
  • Dweorge-dwostle

    pennyroyal,

    • L. M. 1,
    • 48;
    • Lchdm. ii. 120, 23: 2,
    • 53;
    • Lchdm. ii. 274, 9,
    • 13.
  • Lege dweorge-dwostlan gecowene on

    lay on chewed pennyroyal,

    • 2,
    • 30;
    • Lchdm. ii. 228, 19: 2,
    • 32;
    • Lchdm. ii. 236, 10: 3,
    • 1;
    • Lchdm. ii. 304, 29: iii. 74,
    • 5.
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v.  dworge-dwostle dwyrge-dwysle.
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  • dweorge-dwosle, n.