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gorst

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
gorst, gost, es; m.
GORSE, furze, bramble
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  • Ðeós wyrt ðe man tribulus and óðrum naman gorst nemneþ

    this plant, which is named tribulus, and by another name gorse,

      Herb. 142, 1; Lchdm. i. 262, 16.
  • Of gorstum

    de tribolis,

      Mt. Kmbl. Rush. 7, 16.
  • Ne wínberian on gorste ne nimaþ

    neque de rubo vindemiant uvam,

      Lk. Skt. 6, 44.
  • Ðá hét ualerianus gebindan ðysne ypolitum on wildu hors ðæt hyne drógon on gorstas and on þornas

    then bade Valerian to bind this Hypolitus on wild horses that they might drag him into the brambles and thorns,

      Shrn. 117, 13.
  • Iuniperi ðæt is gorst

    juniper that is gorse,

      L. M. i. 31, 3; Lchdm. ii. 72, 10.
  • Gost

    accidenetum,

      Wrt. Voc. 33. 32.
Etymology
[Prompt. Parv. fyrrys or gorstys tre ruscus, p. 162, v. note.
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v.  georst gost.
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