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hwerwe

  • noun
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hwerwe,
a plant name, perhapscolchicum autumnale: —
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  • Ða greátan wyrt hwerwe hátte,

    • L. M. 2, 52
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 268, 22
    • .
    [Cf. Ðeós wyrt de man hieribulbum and óðrum naman greáte wyrt nemneþ,
      Herb. 22, 1; Lchdm. i. 118, 13. v. Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 1.]
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