lǽce-wyrt
- noun [ feminine ]
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Se wísa Augustinus cwæþ ðæt unpleólíc sý ðeáh hwá lǽcewyrte þicge ac ðæt hé tælþ tó unálýfedlícere wiglunge gif hwá ða wyrta on him becnitte búton hé hí tó ðam dolge gelecge
the learned Augustine said, that it is not dangerous, though any one eat a medicinal herb; but he considers it as unlawful sorcery, if any one bind the herbs on himself, unless he lay them to the wound,
- Homl. Th. 1. 476, 4 .
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Lǽcewyrt
quinquenerina [quinquenervia ],
- Wrt. Voc. 286, 39 .
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Léciwyrt
quinquenervia,
- Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 57 .
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Lǽcewyrt. Ðeós wyrt ðe man lichanis stefanice and óðrum naman lǽcewyrt nemneþ
this plant which is named λύχνιs στεφανική and by another name leechwort [Cockayne Lchdm. ii. 396, col. 2 suggests campions or ragged robin or one of that kindred as the plant here meant],
- Herb. 133, 1 ;
- Lchdm. i. 248, 15-7 .
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Lǽcewyrt
plantago lanceolata,
- L. M. 1, 32 ;
- Lchdm. ii. 78, 7:
- 1, 38 ;
- Lchdm. ii. 96, 14 .
- See Cockayne as above where he gives lakeblad plantago major, in West Gothland.
Bosworth, Joseph. “lǽce-wyrt.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/20922.
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